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 2026-08-14.
- State
- District of Columbia verified
- Marketplace type
- State-based marketplace verified
- Marketplace name
- DC Health Link verified
- Marketplace website
- https://www.dchealthlink.com/ verified
- Medicaid expansion adopted
- yes verified
- 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 verified
- State assistance above 400% of the poverty line
- no verified
- State cost-sharing programme
- none verified
- Basic Health Program
- Healthy DC Plan verified
- State individual mandate
- yes verified
- Mandate penalty
- the same as the federal shared responsibility payment as it stood on December 15, 2017: the greater of 2.5% of household income or $695 per uninsured adult and $347.50 per uninsured child, up to a family maximum of the District average bronze-plan premium (the District shared responsibility payment is reduced by any federal shared responsibility payment owed) verified
- Open enrollment opens
- 2026-11-01 verified
- Open enrollment closes
- 2026-12-31 verified
- Coverage year these dates are for
- 2027 verified
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
Healthy DC Plan is the name of the BHP in DC. For more information on Healthy DC Plan see <http://www.HealthyDCPlan.com> www.HealthyDCPlan.com . For information on the Basic Health Plan Advisory Council and Carrier Working Groups, <https://hbx.dc.gov/page/basic-health-plan-advisory-council-meeting-materials> click here . Public Comment Request - DC HBX drafted a Basic Health Plan Blueprint to submit to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). States choosing to operate a BHP must submit a BHP Blueprint to CMS as an official request for certification of the program.
— hbx.dc.gov, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- hbx.dc.govhttps://hbx.dc.gov/page/basic-health-plan