{"id":204414,"date":"2026-04-21T06:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/uber-for-nurses-gig-work-apps-lobby-to-deregulate-healthcare-report-finds-us-healthcare\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:51:14","slug":"uber-for-nurses-gig-work-apps-lobby-to-deregulate-healthcare-report-finds-us-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/uber-for-nurses-gig-work-apps-lobby-to-deregulate-healthcare-report-finds-us-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Uber for nurses\u2019: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds | US healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/21\/healthcare-nurses-gig-work-ai-apps\">\u2018Uber for nurses\u2019: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds | US healthcare<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/21\/healthcare-nurses-gig-work-ai-apps\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/21\/healthcare-nurses-gig-work-ai-apps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-21 06:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tech platforms are lobbying for deregulation of the &#8220;Uber for nursing&#8221; industry to expand gig work in healthcare.<\/li>\n<li>The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping nurse staffing, reducing worker rights, protections, and pay.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Uber for nurses&#8221; model bids on shifts by pay rate, with the lowest bid winning the assignment.<\/li>\n<li>Nurse gig platforms have reached a $1 billion valuation, attracting investments and securing government contracts, including in ICE detention centers.<\/li>\n<li>Gig nursing platforms lobby to exempt themselves from regulations and worker protection laws, like those used for other staffing agencies.<\/li>\n<li>At least 17 states have introduced deregulation bills since 2022, and exemptions have been enacted in some states.<\/li>\n<li>There is also federal-level lobbying to expand &#8220;independent work&#8221; and allow gig nursing platforms government contracts for emergencies.<\/li>\n<li>New York is an exception, having passed a law requiring gig platforms to comply with healthcare staffing regulations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Uber for nurses\u2019: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds | US healthcare https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/21\/healthcare-nurses-gig-work-ai-apps&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ba05df285ba312a91c3150d54962821de9877733\/0_0_3000_2400\/master\/3000.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=d869bc535e7d38cadb971138dcdd7227","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-204414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204416,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204414\/revisions\/204416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}