{"id":560714,"date":"2021-06-11T10:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560714"},"modified":"2021-06-11T10:51:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:51:47","slug":"we-made-a-mistake-uber-accidentally-tells-some-drivers-theyve-got-some-health-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-made-a-mistake-uber-accidentally-tells-some-drivers-theyve-got-some-health-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Made A Mistake\u2019: Uber Accidentally Tells Some Drivers They\u2019ve Got Some Health Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-made-a-mistake-uber-accidentally-tells-some-drivers-theyve-got-some-health-insurance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-914627168-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>In an embarrassing error, Uber reportedly sent some of its drivers and delivery workers an email last month in which the ride-sharing giant offered to pay for at least some of their health insurance costs. Two weeks later, Uber acknowledged a mistake had been made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/6\/10\/22528148\/uber-drivers-health-insurance-mistake-error\">The Verge<\/a>, an email on May 26 was sent with the \u201centicing\u201d subject line, \u201cIt\u2019s a great time to get health coverage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The email, sent to an \u201cunspecified number of the company\u2019s drivers and delivery workers\u201d announced, \u201cUber can help cover your healthcare costs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDrivers and couriers for Uber are classified as independent contractors, making them ineligible for employer-sponsored health insurance plans. For years, many of these workers have lobbied for more benefits and protections, only to face strong opposition from Uber,\u201d the report continued. \u201cSo one can only imagine the shock from drivers who opened this email and saw an offer for subsidies ranging from $613.77 to $1,277.54, depending on the type of insurance plan they had and the amount of hours they worked each week.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you need health coverage, there\u2019s no better time to apply for a healthcare plan,\u201d the email read. \u201cMore people than ever before will qualify for financial help with their health coverage. 4 out of 5 who enroll in a health plan can find a plan for $10 or less per month, with government financial assistance. You may be eligible for more savings and lower costs on health coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAfter you submit your application, you have 30 days to enroll in a plan. Coverage starts the first day of the month after you enroll,\u201d the email concluded, directing viewers to \u201cLearn more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On June 9, Uber issued a correction.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cOn May 26th, we sent you two emails with the subject line \u2018It\u2019s a great time to get health coverage,\u2019\u201d the later email began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne of these two emails told you that Uber can help cover your healthcare costs. Unfortunately, we made a mistake sending this email to you, as this policy only applies to drivers and delivery people in California,\u201d Uber continued. \u201cIf you signed up for a healthcare plan based on this information between May 26 and today and you want to cancel your plan, Uber will reimburse your first month\u2019s premium.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The email then provided the recipients with instructions for requesting such a refund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur support teams are working directly with anyone who was affected and we regret the error,\u201d said a spokesperson for Uber, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/7kvkeq\/uber-accidentally-offers-drivers-health-insurance-then-retracts-offer\"><span>VICE<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vice added that Jake Stergos, an Uber driver in St. Louis, Missouri received both emails and does not have health insurance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is genuinely galling that Uber took two weeks to send a clarification that we are not receiving health insurance,\u201d Stergos said. \u201cIt\u2019d be really nice if I could receive health insurance from Uber. I haven\u2019t been to the doctor in years.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an embarrassing error, Uber reportedly sent some of its drivers and delivery workers an email last month in which the ride-sharing giant offered to pay for at least some &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280010,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-914627168-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018We Made A Mistake\u2019: Uber Accidentally Tells Some Drivers They\u2019ve Got Some Health Insurance","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-914627168-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018We Made A Mistake\u2019: Uber Accidentally Tells Some Drivers They\u2019ve Got Some Health Insurance","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}