>The right question is -- why is this forced onto Uber rather than being a question of national healthcare. Because that's the way the stupid system currently

>The right question is -- why is this forced onto Uber rather than being a question of national healthcare. Because that's the way the stupid system currently works? So it's both- Uber should be forced to work in the current confines of the system, and there should be questions like national healthcare >If we offered national healthcare, like many other countries, it would solve the problem across the board. It could be funded by Uber and all other companies through some type of tax. That seems a lot more efficient than trying to solve the problem piecemeal. As others has said, it's not just healthcare.. payroll taxes, other benefits etc.. Uber is basically trying to avoid all of this by pretending that 100% of their workforce are "contractors" even though many work 40+ hours a week like a normal employee.