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

For Maryland, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is Maryland Health Connection; marketplace website is https://www.marylandhealthconnection.gov/; 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:** Maryland _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace type:** State-based marketplace
- **Marketplace name:** Maryland Health Connection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace website:** https://www.marylandhealthconnection.gov/ _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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:** Maryland Premium Assistance _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Income range for state assistance:** up to 400% federal poverty level
- **State assistance above 400% of the poverty line:** no
- **What the state programme pays:** Maryland residents of any age with incomes up to 400% federal poverty level may be able to receive help paying for their monthly health insurance costs thanks to a new state program
- **State cost-sharing programme:** none
- **Basic Health Program:** none
- **State individual mandate:** no

## What the source says

> Maryland Premium Assistance - Maryland Health Connection and tags on every page of your site. --> Changes are coming to your health insurance. <https://www.marylandhealthconnection.gov/whats-new/> Here’s what you need to know .

## Source

- https://www.marylandhealthconnection.gov/maryland-premium-assistance/

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