Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We investigated the scheme making your Uber rides so expensive.
Uber blames rising insurance costs. But one analysis found the fee Uber charges for insurance tracks the price of the ride, not risk.
One driver saw insurance fees vary from $13.75 to $50 on the same ride.
Credits:
Producer & Host: Eric Gardner
Supervising Producer: Sam Quigley
Editor and Motion Designer: Joey Yee
Videographers: Evan Carter, Shira Evergreen, Sam Rosenthal, Guy Wagner
Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
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We investigated the scheme making your Uber rides so expensive.
Uber blames rising insurance costs. But one analysis found the fee Uber charges for insurance tracks the price of the ride, not risk.
One driver saw insurance fees vary from $13.75 to $50 on the same ride.
Credits:
Producer & Host: Eric Gardner
Supervising Producer: Sam Quigley
Editor and Motion Designer: Joey Yee
Videographers: Evan Carter, Shira Evergreen, Sam Rosenthal, Guy Wagner
Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
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More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below:
- Help fund our reporting: secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash
- Substack: substack.perfectunion.us
- TikTok: tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion
- Twitter: twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social
- Facebook: facebook.com/MorePerfectUS
- Instagram: instagram.com/perfectunion
- Threads: threads.net/@perfectunion
- Website: perfectunion.us
