MEDICAID EXPANSION:

• Eligible: childless working adults under 65 with incomes up to $15,500.• Available to more low-income parents under 65.• Basic package:

http://bit.ly/1ymEHcr.• Copayments in effect.• In 2016, some enrollees will see premiums replace copays, with the exception of an $8 copay for nonemergency use of the emergency room.• People can begin enrolling online or by telephone

www.compass.state.pa.us or 866-550-4355 or by going into a county assistance office.• PA Enrollment Services, will help enrollees pick a plan at

www.enrollnow.net or 844-465-8137.MEDICAID OVERHAUL:• About 900,000 adults who are on Medicaid currently will be sorted into one of two new benefit levels based on the extent of their medical needs.• Two new benefit levels are referred to as high risk or low risk. Benefits packages are listed here:

http://bit.ly/1ymEHcr.• Four-page questionnaire helps sort enrollees into one of the two benefit levels.• Enrollees will receive notice which benefit plan they will be placed into.• Eligibility categories will continue to exist for parents, pregnant women, the disabled, workers with long-term disabilities and the elderly.