California
For California, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is Covered California; marketplace website is https://www.coveredca.com/; medicaid expansion adopted is yes; where premium tax credit eligibility starts is 138% of the federal poverty line, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- California
- Marketplace type
- State-based marketplace
- Marketplace name
- Covered California
- Marketplace website
- https://www.coveredca.com/
- Medicaid expansion adopted
- yes
- Where premium tax credit eligibility starts
- 138% of the federal poverty line our reading
- Coverage gap below the poverty line
- no our reading
- State premium assistance programme
- California Premium Subsidy
- Income range for state assistance
- up to 150% of the federal poverty level
- State assistance above 400% of the poverty line
- no
- State cost-sharing programme
- none
- Basic Health Program
- none
- State individual mandate
- yes
- Mandate penalty
- the greater of 2.5% of household income or $900 per adult and $450 per child, up to a family maximum of $2,700
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Financial Help
— coveredca.com, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- coveredca.comhttps://www.coveredca.com/support/financial-help/