While the number of working adults who depend on food stamps and Medicaid has ticked up since the start of the pandemic, the number of recipients who work at Amazon and on gig economy platforms has exploded, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The number of Amazon workers relying on the federal programs for the poor nearly tripled between February 2020 and September 2025, according to the report published Wednesday. And for the first time, ride-hailing and app-based food delivery companies — Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Grubhub and Instacart — collectively ranked among the top three employers with workers receiving aid.
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I have long disliked what the gig economy was/is doing to workers. A handful of entrepreneurs who started these companies have done very well for themselves, while the rest of the people who are doing most of the work hardly make anything. No medical insurance, no vision or dental insurance, and no retirement contributions/benefits. Amazon works its people to the bone (I saw this firsthand with our son and his deteriorating physical health while working for them), and look what it gets them? Bezos Inc. make out great — others…not so much.
Ride-hailing and food-delivery companies, meanwhile, shot past Walmart to collectively rank as the top employer of food stamp users and among the top three for Medicaid users, according to The Post’s analysis.
