Taxi Drivers More Likely to Be Uninsured

Sunday, July 19, 2009

MYFOXNY.COM - A new survey finds that more than half of city taxi drivers don't have health insurance.

A study commissioned by Councilman Eric Gioia showed taxi drivers have a 52% rate of being uninsured which is more than twice as high as other New Yorkers.

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Cab Drivers: Long Hours, No Health Care
By Helena Zhu
Epoch Times Staff

NEW YORK—When we think of taxi drivers, we picture bright yellow cars racing for would-be customers and delivering a needed service, yet the hardship faced by the city’s 25,000 taxi drivers remains largely unknown.

Although most work 12-hour days and seven days a week in an unsanitary work environment, they only earn about $2,500 of net revenue monthly.

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