Tell Equifax: Stop Profiteering On Medicaid Cuts

Equifax is cashing in on Medicaid cuts and work requirements — and we’re all paying the price.

As Trump and congressional Republicans push harsh Medicaid work requirements, Equifax has stepped in to profit. The credit bureau is charging states millions to verify whether people are “working enough” to deserve healthcare. That data is often incomplete or wrong — yet it’s being used to cut people off from life-saving coverage. And Equifax keeps raising their prices

Equifax CEO Mark W. Begor can end this now. The company can stop charging states high rates for Medicaid verification, stop enabling policies that strip coverage from eligible people, and cooperate fully with ongoing investigations.

Tell Equifax: “Stop profiteering on cuts to healthcare. Stop price-gouging Medicaid programs, stop acting as a barrier to care, and get out of the business of denying people the healthcare they need to survive.”

States are now outsourcing Medicaid eligibility to a private corporation best known for one of the largest data breaches in history. 

Senate Democrats are investigating after reports showed eligible people losing Medicaid not because they refused to work, but because Equifax’s system failed to recognize their jobs. Gig workers, caregivers, people with disabilities, and workers with unstable hours are falling through the cracks.

The result is predictable and cruel. Prescriptions go unfilled. Chronic illnesses go untreated. Families spiral into crisis — while Equifax keeps billing taxpayers for access to bad data. Equifax’s role makes cruelty profitable, funneling public dollars to a private credit bureau that now acts as a gatekeeper to care.

Healthcare should not depend on whether a for-profit database gets it right or how much a state pays. Add your name now and tell Equifax to stop profiteering on Medicaid cuts and cruelty.

The petition to Equifax CEO Mark W. Begor reads: “Stop profiteering on cuts to healthcare. Stop price-gouging Medicaid programs, stop acting as a barrier to care, and get out of the business of denying people the healthcare they need to survive.”