And I absolutely agree, divorcing healthcare from employment is the single best thing the US could do to help fix several different issues.
But "We could massively restructure the US economy" is only an answer to "how should rideshare employees be classified" if you want to ensure nothing changes.
This would immediately solve half of the problems with healthcare in this country if everyone had to use the health insurance exchanges to buy insurance.
It’s not bad, but no better than my jobs before the last one.
In Germany, neither health insurance nor unemployment insurance are paid through taxes. Both are deducted from your salary.
It is true, however, that the government subsidizes the public health insurance so that low-income households can afford an insurance.
Also, we have similar laws in Germany (and most European) countries like AB5 that prohibit misclassification of employees as independent contractors: