A lot of people choose to drive for Lyft because there aren't many other options to make money. When you have a choice between $0 and $Something, you're going t

A lot of people choose to drive for Lyft because there aren't many other options to make money. When you have a choice between $0 and $Something, you're going to choose $Something. Companies know this and take advantage of this in order to underpay people who might not have other options. It gets even worse if you consider people who already have a job which can't support them or their family. People can and do make bad choices, such as people who choose to forgo health insurance which then burden hospitals and tax payers in a way that affects everyone else. The solution is to either force Lyft to play ball and not allow them to avoid things like minimum wage laws by calling their workers contractors, or to ensure that the government covers their healthcare.