{
  "id": 13227,
  "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/5987290-amazon-workers-food-stamps-medicaid-spike",
  "title": "Study finds spike in delivery app drivers, Amazon workers receiving federal benefits",
  "summary": "A new study released on Wednesday finds that dependence on food stamps and Medicaid for gig economy workers has spiked since the start of the pandemic. A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the number of Amazon workers relying on federal assistance programs has tripled between February 2020 and September 2025. Walmart and...",
  "authors": "Mira Bhakta",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "jobs-economy,transparency",
  "orgs": "amazon",
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-23T22:13:18.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-25T05:10:48.796Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-hill-technology",
  "source_name": "The Hill Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/13227",
  "original_url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/5987290-amazon-workers-food-stamps-medicaid-spike",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}