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Uber accidentally emailed drivers and delivery drivers last month. By offering to cover their health insurance costs – only to withdraw the offer two weeks later.

An email from Uber with the alluring subject line: "It's a good time to get health coverage" appeared in the mailboxes of undisclosed company drivers and couriers. when they open the email They were greeted with an even more attractive offer: “Uber can help cover your medical expenses.SLOTXO


Drivers and couriers for Uber are classified as independent contractors. This makes them ineligible for employer-sponsored health insurance plans. For years these workers have lobbied for greater benefits and protection. But it faced fierce resistance from Uber.

“Uber can help cover your medical expenses.”
So one can imagine the shock of drivers opening this email and seeing a subsidy offer ranging from $613.77 to $1,277.54, depending on the type of insurance plans they have and the number of hours they work each week. This type of money is changeable for drivers. Many are still living on poverty-stricken wages and are struggling to find work amid sharp declines in demand during the pandemic. What could explain this drastic change in position by Uber?