Uber is backing a 2026 ballot initiative that would cap payments to uninsured and underinsured accident victims at a small fraction of their actual medical costs, including chiropractic care. We are sharing this information so you can stay informed and understand what this measure could mean for your work.
PI doctors are encouraged to learn more, review the alert, and stay engaged in advocacy efforts that impact access to care and fair reimbursement.
From the PPC PAC
Formed immediately after Uber filed its initiative, Provider for Patient Care’s mission is to protect healthcare providers and the patients they serve by ensuring continued access to care, safeguarding provider rights, and opposing any legislation or ballot measure that threatens California’s medical community.
The PPC PAC continues to make meaningful gains in fundraising, coalition building, and strategic planning to ensure providers have a seat at the decision-making table.
Since launching the campaign in October 2025, the PPC PAC has raised $5 million, mobilizing hundreds of healthcare providers and professional organizations statewide to protect access to care. This initiative would severely restrict reimbursement for uninsured and underinsured accident victims, threatening chiropractic and medical providers’ ability to treat personal injury patients across California.
What Next?
Click here to view the PPC PAC Health Care Alert, a three-page explainer that dives deeper into the detrimental impact Uber’s ballot initiative would have on patients and providers.
It explains how the measure would cap reimbursement for injured patients’ medical care at a fraction of the true cost, pushing uninsured and underinsured accident victims out of treatment and into overcrowded emergency rooms, and forcing many community providers to stop treating personal injury patients altogether.
Help educate the broader medical community:
- Read the one-pager to better understand what’s at stake for your patients and your practice.
- Forward it to colleagues, staff, and other providers in your networks.
- Share it with your professional associations, boards, and leadership as they consider taking an official “oppose” position.
- Circulate it in listservs, group chats, and closed social media groups where providers exchange information.
The more providers who understand the real-world consequences of this initiative, the stronger the collective response will be.
Call to Action
Medical Providers, staff and patients, please stand together:
- Endorse PPC PAC’s campaign to oppose Uber’s initiative, preserve patient choice in medical care, and fair reimbursement for providers.
- Contribute to the PPC PAC campaign, then call two other providers and encourage them to contribute!
- Join the PPC PAC mailing list for up-to-the-minute updates on the campaign and attend regularly scheduled campaign calls as they are announced.
- If you are a member of a provider interest group, reach out to your board or leadership and encourage them to move quickly on adopting an “oppose” position on Uber’s ballot initiative or endorsing PPC PAC’s campaign to oppose the initiative. Please reach out to Pamela Lopez, pamela@kstreet.us.com, to share updates.
Two upcoming events will help continue building momentum statewide:
🎟️ PPC PAC Reception
March 5 | 6:00 PM | Los Angeles
⛳ PPC PAC Golf Invitational
March 23 | Dove Canyon Golf Club
