Medicaid and Food Stamps Are Increasingly Paired With Amazon Gig Economy Jobs, Federal Report Shows

A GAO report commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders says reliance on Medicaid and food stamps has grown among workers at Amazon and in gig-economy jobs such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, GrubHub, and Instacart. The article also notes pushback from company representatives, who argue the report emphasizes raw numbers rather than worker percentages and that flexible or part-time work can affect benefit eligibility.

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