‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds
TL;DR
Billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the 'Uber for nursing' industry to expand gig work in healthcare, according to a report by the AI Now Institute. The report finds this expansion comes at the expense of workers' rights, protections, and pay. Healthcare staffing platforms use AI to place nurses in hospitals while lobbying states to weaken existing labor protections.
Nauti's Take
AI-powered gig platforms can genuinely help understaffed hospitals source nurses faster — that's a real and underappreciated benefit. The risk: when deregulation is the explicit lobbying goal, it's workers who pay the price with lower wages and fewer protections.
Anyone working or hiring in healthcare should watch closely what's happening behind the scenes.
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