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

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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace type:** State-based marketplace _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace name:** DC Health Link _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace website:** https://www.dchealthlink.com/ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Medicaid expansion adopted:** yes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Coverage gap below the poverty line:** no _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State premium assistance programme:** none _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State assistance above 400% of the poverty line:** no _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State cost-sharing programme:** none _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Basic Health Program:** Healthy DC Plan _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State individual mandate:** yes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Open enrollment opens:** 2026-11-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Open enrollment closes:** 2026-12-31 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Coverage year these dates are for:** 2027 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://hbx.dc.gov/page/basic-health-plan

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2026-12-12.
Part of [State health insurance marketplace assistance by state: who runs it, where subsidies start and stop, and what the state adds](https://referencesource.org/state-marketplace-assistance-programs/).