Taxi Drivers More Likely to be Uninsured

MYFOXNY.COM - A new survey finds that more than half of city taxi drivers don't have health insurance. 

A study commissioned by Councilman Eric Gioia showed taxi drivers have a 52% rate of being uninsured which is more than twice as high as other New Yorkers.

The survey also found:

- Nearly 37% of taxi drivers with children had no health insurance.

- 24% of taxi drivers with health insurance were covered by their spouse--not because they had their own health plan

- The estimated cost of uncompensated care for taxi drivers without insurance is approximately $13 million per year

- 45% of taxi drivers who visited the hospital in the past year had no health insurance

- 44% of taxi drivers who take prescription medication have no health insurance

The one-year Gioia study of 314 cab drivers took place between 2008 and 2009.