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

For Colorado, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is Connect for Health Colorado; marketplace website is https://connectforhealthco.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:** Colorado
- **Marketplace type:** State-based marketplace
- **Marketplace name:** Connect for Health Colorado
- **Marketplace website:** https://connectforhealthco.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:** Colorado Premium Assistance
- **Income range for state assistance:** up to 400% of the federal poverty level
- **State assistance above 400% of the poverty line:** no
- **What the state programme pays:** $80 for the first household member and $29 for each subsequent household member that pays a premium _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State cost-sharing programme:** none
- **Basic Health Program:** none
- **State individual mandate:** no
- **Open enrollment opens:** 2025-11-01
- **Open enrollment closes:** 2026-01-15
- **Coverage year these dates are for:** 2026

## What the source says

> $80 for the first household member and $29 for each subsequent household member that pays a premium

## Source

- https://connectforhealthco.com/new-customers/tips-for-choosing-a-plan/colorado-premium-assistance/

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