[ashwinaj]

I agree, but my point is that it should be done conservatively. And you're ignoring the plight of people employed by these companies entirely (which could be you). Here's Uber in the news just lately: http://fortune.com/2015/09/02/uber-lawsuit/

Uber's valuation is: http://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-valued-at-more-than-50-bill...

One might disagree with this valuation, let's assume it's 1/10 th of it. Can they provide health insurance to their drivers? Absolutely yes, but they're solely interested in revenue and being profitable. I don't want to sound like an Uber basher, this is true for most companies; they operate in their own self interest which they arguably should. It's up to the govt. to act as a counter balance to blatantly unjust policies adopted by companies.

[yummyfajitas]

I'm not ignoring them. I simply believe that the benefits to consumers drastically outweigh the harms to producers in every case I've ever seen. I've also observed that in practice that politicians basically don't care about consumers at all.

Also, the "plight" of Uber employees described in that article is that Uber gave them gigs better than their other alternatives, making them better off. But now they are trying to grab more money from Uber via politics. That's a flaw with the political system, not Uber.

Lastly, related to your suggestion that Uber should provide health insurance to drivers, read this essay. It's a wonderful observation about people's thought processes on such topics: http://blog.jaibot.com/the-copenhagen-interpretation-of-ethi...