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UberHealth and Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT)

Have you ever shown up to pick up your passenger, only to discover they needed to go to the emergency room? For many drivers, this is one of the worst pickups to have. But for some drivers, it’s a very lucrative driving option. Here, senior RSG contributor Paula Gibbins shares more about non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) and how it works for drivers.

There’s a new market for rideshare drivers: health and medical transit. These companies provide rides to and from hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities to patients to make sure patients arrive safely and reliably to their appointments.

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These companies do business as Non-Emergency Medical Transportation or NEMT. Let’s look at what NEMTs are, which companies are providing such transportation and how Uber is trying to do the same.

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Uber Makes Big Moves, But Will Lyft Do The Same?

Since December, Uber has been making big moves on the driver compensation and information front. Its biggest competitor Lyft, however, has been relatively quiet. Can we expect Lyft to make the same changes as Uber has? Senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur answers this question below.

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Over the past couple of months, Uber has made some remarkable changes to how drivers are paid in California.  First, they gave drivers the ability to see where riders are going before they accept a trip. Driver pay is once again a percentage of the rider’s actual fare.  Penny surge is gone and multiplier surge is back.  The Quest promotion as we have known them, do X number of rides to earn a bonus, has also changed. Consecutive ride bonuses are gone.

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Everything You Should Know About AB5 & Its Impact on Uber

AB5 & Uber

Uber and Lyft are pulling out all the stops against a bill in California called AB5 that could turn rideshare drivers from independent contractors into employees overnight. AB5, as its known, passed the state Assembly a few weeks ago and is now headed for a hearing at its first policy committee in the state Senate. It aims to codify a California Supreme Court decision (known as the Dynamex Case) from 2018 that would instruct businesses to use an ‘ABC test’ to determine whether workers for gig jobs are independent contractors or employees. And as you’ll see below, Uber and Lyft FAIL this test with flying colors.

This bill is no joke since it could set precedent in other states and if drivers were to become employees, it would cost the companies a ton of money. We don’t know exactly what life would look like for rideshare drivers if we were to become employees, but it’s clear that Uber and Lyft see this as an existential threat to their business.

Last week, Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi teamed up with Lyft co-founders John Zimmer and Logan Green to pen an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle urging for a compromise that would allow drivers to remain independent contractors – I can only imagine how many revisions went back and forth between their respective handlers.

Note: If you’re a reporter needing more information or an interview, contact me: harry[at]therideshareguy.com

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6 Tips To Contact Uber Customer Service For Fastest Support [Updated 2020]

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Are you looking for the top ways to contact Uber customer service? No fluff – we’ll give you the BEST ways to contact Uber in 2020, plus additional ways to get your problem resolved. Still have a question after reading this? Ask away in the comment section below!

Uber is typically faster at responding than Lyft is, so I’ll give them credit for that. However, if you’re looking for the best ways to quickly contact Uber and get your matter resolved, keep reading.

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Alternatively, you can search this site or any site for that matter by using Google’s search function.  Let’s say you want to learn about ‘driving for uber and lyft at the same time’.  You would go to google.com and then type in:

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Here’s an example of how you can use Google to search this site.  The first result is one of the most popular articles on the site and it tells you exactly how to drive for Uber and Lyft at the same time.  I also encourage you to browse the other RSG resources to get help:

If you’ve searched the site and can’t find an answer to your question, feel free to e-mail me!  I still respond to each and every single e-mail so rest assured that you will get a human who knows what they’re talking about when you reach out to me 🙂

Uber and Lyft don’t make it easy for new drivers to get help – that’s why I created The Rideshare Guide, your ultimate go-to guide for every Uber, Lyft or rideshare question you could have. The Guide is based on my years as a driver, and talking to and helping out drivers like you. Check it out here.

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