# California — State health insurance marketplace assistance by state: who runs it, where subsidies start and stop, and what the state adds

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Coverage gap below the poverty line:** no _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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

## What the source says

> Financial Help

## Source

- https://www.coveredca.com/support/financial-help/

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2026-12-12.
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