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

For Minnesota, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is MNsure; marketplace website is https://www.mnsure.org/; medicaid expansion adopted is yes; where premium tax credit eligibility starts is 200% of the federal poverty level (MinnesotaCare BHP covers 138% to 200% FPL; premium tax credit eligibility begins above 200% FPL), recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Minnesota _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace type:** State-based marketplace _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace name:** MNsure _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace website:** https://www.mnsure.org/ _(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 (MinnesotaCare 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:** MinnesotaCare _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State individual mandate:** no _(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

> Not be eligible for Medical Assistance (Minnesota Medicaid) or MinnesotaCare. Not be eligible for premium-free Medicare Part A. 4 If married, file a joint tax return with your spouse. 5 (with very limited exceptions) 6 Not be able to be claimed by someone else as a tax dependent. 5 When can I enroll in an ACA-compliant plan in Minnesota? In Minnesota, the >https://www.mnsure.org/new-customers/enrollment-deadlines/open-enrollment/index.jsp< open enrollment period for a 2027 ACA-compliant individual or family health plan is currently scheduled to run from November 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026. 7 This is shorter than the enrollment window that was used for the last several years, due to a federal rule change requiring open enrollment >https://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/new-federal-rule-brings-immediate-changes-to-marketplace-enrollment/#2027< to end no later than December 31 .

## Source

- https://www.healthinsurance.org/minnesota/

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/).