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.
We continue to make meaningful gains in fundraising, coalition building, and strategic planning to ensure providers have a seat at the decision-making table.
To date, PPC PAC has raised $3 million toward our $5 million fundraising goal by 2026, thanks to supporters like you. Your participation is strengthening our ability to advocate, organize, and influence outcomes that directly affect patient care.
Growing the Coalition
It is essential that we continue to grow the coalition opposing this horrible initiative.
To that end, the PPC team has been meeting with dozens of trade associations and key opinion leaders in the fields most impacted if the initiative passes.
Some of the groups we have reached out to request communication and collaboration include:
- California Medical Association
- California Neurology Society
- California Society of Physical Medicine and Rehab
- California Orthopaedic Association
- California Podiatric Medical Association
- California Radiological Society
- California Society of Pathologists
- California Chiropractic Association
- California Hospital Association
- Insurance Companies
- Independent Physical Therapists
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.
Please help us 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 our collective response will be.
Key Dates
December 2025
- The Attorney General expected to finalize the official title & summary by Dec 9.
- Signature circulation period begins for the proponents.
- PPC-PAC grassroots outreach: educate providers, patients, and the public on the initiative’s impact.
April–May 2026
- Likely signature-submission window for Uber’s campaign.
Call to Action
PPC PAC formed to organize providers and patients in opposition to Uber’s ballot initiative.
Our Advisory Board, composed of medical providers representing five different specialties, has raised $3 million in PPC PAC’s first month. This is a great first step, but we have a long way to go!
Medical Providers, staff and patients, please stand with us and ACT:
- Endorse PPC PAC’s campaign to oppose Uber’s initiative, preserve patient choice in medical care, and fair reimbursement for providers.
- Contribute to our campaign, then call two other providers and encourage them to contribute!
- Join our mailing list for up-to-the-minute updates on our 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.
Warm regards,
Providers for Patient Care PAC
ppcpac.org