Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid

As the Trump administration advances new Medicaid work requirements, some states are fighting back by targeting employers. KFF Health News reports that California is reviving a law to identify companies with a hundred or more employees on Medi-Cal, while Nevada has published such lists since 2017, regularly naming Amazon and Walmart. New Jersey has escalated with financial penalties on companies with fifty or more Medicaid-enrolled workers. State lawmakers argue it's about fairness: if companies won't provide affordable healthcare, taxpayers shouldn't subsidize their workforce. Large employers counter that raising the federal minimum wage is the real solution.

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