In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on Medicaid

Multi-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data.

The data, taken from Medicaid income verification forms, shows that dozens of major national and multinational corporations that often pay relatively low hourly or median wages rely on the government’s health insurance program for low-income and disabled people to…