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How Oura won over DC by growing its lobbying spend to $1M+ per year, as RFK Jr. touts wearables for health and the US DOD makes the rings an employee benefit (Amanda Chu/Politico)

Oura increased its lobbying spend to over $1 million per year. The US Defense Department now provides Oura rings as an employee benefit to certain soldiers and civil servants. This move follows Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s promotion of wearables for health.