District of Columbia
What is the marketplace type for District of Columbia?
For District of Columbia, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is DC Health Link; marketplace website is https://www.dchealthlink.com/; medicaid expansion adopted is yes; where premium tax credit eligibility starts is 200% of the federal poverty level (Medicaid covers up to 138% FPL; Healthy DC Plan BHP covers 138% to 200% FPL; premium tax credit eligibility begins above 200% FPL), recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.
US Citizens: DC residents with incomes over 138% Federal Poverty Level (over 133% FPL plus 5% income disregard) to 200% FPL are eligible.
— hbx.dc.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
- State
- District of Columbia
- Marketplace type
- State-based marketplace our reading
- Marketplace name
- DC Health Link our reading
- Marketplace website
- https://www.dchealthlink.com/ our reading
- Medicaid expansion adopted
- yes our reading
- Where premium tax credit eligibility starts
- 200% of the federal poverty level (Medicaid covers up to 138% FPL; Healthy DC Plan BHP covers 138% to 200% FPL; premium tax credit eligibility begins above 200% FPL) our reading
- Coverage gap below the poverty line
- no our reading
- State premium assistance programme
- none our reading
- State assistance above 400% of the poverty line
- no our reading
- State cost-sharing programme
- none our reading
- Basic Health Program
- Healthy DC Plan our reading
- State individual mandate
- yes our reading
- Mandate penalty
- the same as the federal shared responsibility payment under 26 U.S.C. § 5000A as in effect on December 15, 2017, except that the maximum is determined using the District's average bronze-level plan premium rather than the national average
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.
Sources
- hbx.dc.govhttps://hbx.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/hbx/page_content/attachments/Healthy%20DC%20Plan%20Overview%20-%20October%202025.pdf
- hbx.dc.govhttps://hbx.dc.gov/page/basic-health-plan
- code.dccouncil.govhttps://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/47-5103