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

For Vermont, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is Vermont Health Connect; marketplace website is https://vermonthealthconnect.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:** Vermont _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Marketplace type:** State-based marketplace
- **Marketplace name:** Vermont Health Connect
- **Marketplace website:** https://vermonthealthconnect.gov/
- **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:** Vermont Premium Assistance _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Income range for state assistance:** up to 300% of the federal poverty level
- **State assistance above 400% of the poverty line:** no
- **What the state programme pays:** VPA lowers your monthly health insurance bill by 1.5% of your household income
- **State cost-sharing programme:** Enhanced Silver plans
- **Basic Health Program:** none
- **State individual mandate:** yes
- **Mandate penalty:** Vermont requires reporting but imposes no financial penalty

## What the source says

> Vermont Premium Assistance (VPA) is money from the State of Vermont that lowers your monthly health insurance bill

## Source

- https://info.healthconnect.vermont.gov/learn-more/financial-help

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