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

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.

- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Marketplace type:** State-based marketplace
- **Marketplace name:** Massachusetts Health Connector
- **Marketplace website:** https://www.mahealthconnector.org/
- **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:** ConnectorCare _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Income range for state assistance:** 100% to 400% of the federal poverty level
- **State assistance above 400% of the poverty line:** no
- **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 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Basic Health Program:** none
- **State individual mandate:** yes

## What the source says

> People with household incomes that are between 100% and 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) may qualify for ConnectorCare

## Source

- https://www.mahealthconnector.org/wp-content/uploads/ConnectorCare-Overview-2026.pdf

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