On July 1, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Act 69 of 2021 formally Senate Bill 156. This Act increases earning eligibility under the Medicaid Assistance for Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) program. Dollars earned over the cap will move contributions into a new category instead of eliminating eligibility and covers workers from 250% of the federal poverty level to 600% or about $75,000. Workers will pay 7.5% of their income to the MAWD program to cover their healthcare, which is a 2.5% increase from the current 5%. This means, when a worker earns $75,000 annually, they will pay 100% of the average cost of the MAWD program.
