Massachusetts
What is the marketplace type for Massachusetts?
For Massachusetts, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is Massachusetts Health Connector; marketplace website is https://www.mahealthconnector.org/; 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.
People with household incomes that are between 100% and 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) may qualify for ConnectorCare.
— mahealthconnector.org, retrieved 2026-08-14
- State
- Massachusetts
- Marketplace type
- State-based marketplace our reading
- Marketplace name
- Massachusetts Health Connector our reading
- Marketplace website
- https://www.mahealthconnector.org/ our reading
- Medicaid expansion adopted
- yes our reading
- Where premium tax credit eligibility starts
- 138% of the federal poverty line our reading
- Coverage gap below the poverty line
- no our reading
- State premium assistance programme
- ConnectorCare our reading
- Income range for state assistance
- 100% to 400% of the federal poverty level
- State assistance above 400% of the poverty line
- no our reading
- What the state programme pays
- ConnectorCare plans have $0 or low monthly premiums, low out-of-pocket costs, and no deductibles
- State cost-sharing programme
- ConnectorCare our reading
- Basic Health Program
- none our reading
- State individual mandate
- yes our reading
- Mandate penalty
- for tax year 2025, a monthly penalty set by income band: $25/month ($300/year) at 150.1-200% FPL, $49/month ($588/year) at 200.1-250% FPL, $73/month ($876/year) at 250.1-300% FPL, $113/month ($1,356/year) at 300.1-400% FPL, $132/month ($1,584/year) at 400.1-500% FPL, and $187/month ($2,244/year) above 500% FPL. The published schedule begins at 150.1% FPL.
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
- mahealthconnector.orghttps://www.mahealthconnector.org/wp-content/uploads/ConnectorCare-Overview-2026.pdf
- mahealthconnector.orghttps://www.mahealthconnector.org/about/policy-center/rules-regulations/massachusetts-individual-mandate