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Nevada Current: Amazon is the top employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients. And it's not even close. [View all]
Nevada Current - Amazon is the top employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients. And it’s not even close.
By: April Corbin Girnus - January 6, 2025 5:52 am
In the four years since Amazon became the leading employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients, the retail giant has surged from having 7,892 employees and dependents on Medicaid to 18,093.
That’s a 143% increase since 2020.
It’s also almost double the number of people associated with Walmart, the second largest employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients.
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The 2025 report, released this month, shows relatively few changes to the top 20 list of employers with the most number of employees enrolled in Nevada Medicaid. But it notes that the number of Amazon employees enrolled in Medicaid is rapidly growing compared to other top employers.
Nearly 9,000 Amazon employees were enrolled in Nevada Medicaid last year, according to the report, compared to approximately 7,500 Amazon employees the prior fiscal year.
For comparison, Walmart last year employed approximately 4,500 Medicaid enrollees and approximately 4,700 the year prior.
/snip
By: April Corbin Girnus - January 6, 2025 5:52 am
In the four years since Amazon became the leading employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients, the retail giant has surged from having 7,892 employees and dependents on Medicaid to 18,093.
That’s a 143% increase since 2020.
It’s also almost double the number of people associated with Walmart, the second largest employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients.
/snip/
The 2025 report, released this month, shows relatively few changes to the top 20 list of employers with the most number of employees enrolled in Nevada Medicaid. But it notes that the number of Amazon employees enrolled in Medicaid is rapidly growing compared to other top employers.
Nearly 9,000 Amazon employees were enrolled in Nevada Medicaid last year, according to the report, compared to approximately 7,500 Amazon employees the prior fiscal year.
For comparison, Walmart last year employed approximately 4,500 Medicaid enrollees and approximately 4,700 the year prior.
/snip
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