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There's entire companies built around this data. In fact, one of my former employees partnered with one and paid for my FitBit. In the aggregate, FitBit purchases will drive down the probability of healthcare claims, saving the company money overall.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=fitbit

Betting against this trend would be like betting against toothbrushes and floss.

I'm not saying it's not useful, but I doubt the typical user is going to save all that much money.

Unless a fitbit convinces my insurance company to drop their rates in half, I'm not saving thousands. If I google insurance savings I see... they'll get me a moderate discount on the fitbit itself.

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