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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Sep;39(9):1522–1530. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00538

Exhibit 4:

Awareness of and Experience with Work Requirements Among Arkansas Residents, 2019

Variable Percent
Heard of Work Requirements (“A lot” or “A little,” vs. “Nothing at all”)
All Arkansas Residents (N = 1,700) 53.0%
Arkansas Residents Ages 30–49 with Medicaid/Marketplace in past year (N = 493) 65.1%
Main Source of Information about Work Requirements
Arkansas Residents Who Had Heard of Work Requirements (N = 921)
 Letter or call from state or Medicaid office 46.2%
 Family or friend 16.9%
 Social media or internet 14.6%
 TV or newspaper 13.1%
 Health care provider, hospital, or doctor’s office 11.3%
 Community organization, church, or place of worship 4.6%
Knowledge of Current Status of Work Requirements (as of Nov.-Dec. 2019)
All Arkansas Residents (N = 1,700)
 Correctly said the requirements were not in effect 5.7%
 Incorrectly said the requirements were in effect 23.5%
 Not sure 70.8%
Arkansas Residents Who Had Heard of Work Requirements (N = 921)
 Correctly said the requirements were not in effect 7.6%
 Incorrectly said the requirements were in effect 40.0%
 Not sure 52.5%
Preferred Method of Reporting Work and Qualifying Activities
All Arkansas Residents (N = 1,700)
 Internet, using a smartphone or a smartphone app 32.6%
 Calling a telephone number 27.8%
 Paper form in the mail 14.5%
 In person at my doctor’s office or Medicaid office 13.9%
 Internet website, using a computer 11.3%

Source: Authors’ analysis of 2019 survey data from low-income Arkansas residents (N = 1,700).

Notes: The subsample of Arkansas residents 30–49 with Medicaid/Marketplace in past year (N = 493) is comprised of those reporting current Medicaid/Marketplace coverage and those reporting disenrollment from their Medicaid/Marketplace coverage over the past year. All analyses were survey weighted.