1. In-The-Know: The U.S. will spend $2.6 trillion less on health care than expected before Obamacare, according to a report.
The report also said there is evidence that the growth in health spending has again slowed after it spiked in 2014. It remains an open question whether Obamacare itself is responsible for the slowdown in estimated spending from 2014 to 2019, which accounts for an 11% drop in spending estimates. (CNBC)2. Tech Talk: Instagram now has a half-billion users — up from 400 million in September 2015.
The company added its most recent 100 million users even faster than it did the 100 million before that. Which is pretty compelling evidence that the $1 billion Facebook offered up to buy the photo-sharing service in 2012 was one of the savviest tech acquisitions of all time. (Fast Company)AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT