South Carolina
For South Carolina, marketplace type is federally-facilitated marketplace; marketplace name is HealthCare.gov; marketplace website is https://www.healthcare.gov/; medicaid expansion adopted is no; where premium tax credit eligibility starts is 100% of the federal poverty line, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- South Carolina verified
- Marketplace type
- federally-facilitated marketplace verified
- Marketplace name
- HealthCare.gov verified
- Marketplace website
- https://www.healthcare.gov/ verified
- Medicaid expansion adopted
- no verified
- Where premium tax credit eligibility starts
- 100% of the federal poverty line our reading
- Coverage gap below the poverty line
- yes our reading
- State premium assistance programme
- none verified
- State assistance above 400% of the poverty line
- no verified
- State cost-sharing programme
- none verified
- Basic Health Program
- none verified
- State individual mandate
- no verified
- Open enrollment opens
- November 1 verified
- Open enrollment closes
- January 15 verified
- Coverage year these dates are for
- 2026 verified
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.
What the source says
Visit >https://www.healthcare.gov/< Healthcare.gov to access South Carolina’s health insurance marketplace. Here you will find an online platform to shop, compare, and choose the best health plans. Contact the HealthCare.gov call center at 1-800-318-2596 (TTY: 1-855-889-4325). The call center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (closed on holidays). Purchase individual and family health coverage with the help of an insurance agent or broker, a Navigator, or a certified application counselor. Enroll via an approved enhanced direct enrollment entity. 9 How can I find affordable health insurance in South Carolina? South Carolina uses the federally-facilitated exchange for individual market plans, so residents who buy their own health insurance enroll through HealthCare.gov. During the open enrollment period for 2026 coverage, more than 89% of enrollees qualified for premium subsidies, amounting to an average savings of $579/month. After the subsidies (premium tax credits) were applied, the average enrollee’s monthly cost was about $76/month 10 Premium subsidies are still available in 2026, but they don’t cover as much of total premiums as they did in 2025, and they are >https://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/marketplace-enrollees-face-return-of-the-subsidy-cliff/< no longer available to households with income above 400% of the federal poverty level.
— healthinsurance.org, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- healthinsurance.orghttps://www.healthinsurance.org/south-carolina/