The findings come from a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report requested by Senator Bernie Sanders and released on 22 July. It reviewed benefit records across 11 states that hold nearly a fifth of the US population. Amazon ranked second among traditional employers of aid recipients, behind Walmart, which had 16,055 workers on Medicaid and 15,515 on SNAP. Gig Work Overtakes Walmart Ride-hailing and delivery platforms including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Grubhub, and Instacart together became the single largest source of SNAP recipients, a category the watchdog barely registered in 2020. DoorDash disputed the framing, pointing to a survey suggesting a third of its couriers work to avoid needing such aid.