Virginia
What is the marketplace type for Virginia?
For Virginia, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is Virginia's Insurance Marketplace; marketplace website is https://www.marketplace.virginia.gov/; medicaid expansion adopted is yes; where premium tax credit eligibility starts is 138% of the federal poverty line, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28.
During a 2026 special session, The Virginia General Assembly and Governor Spanberger created the Virginia Health Insurance Affordability Fund to lower monthly health insurance premiums for Virginia consumers. Beginning with Plan Year 2027, the Fund will support Virginia Premium Savings, which will help eligible Virginians lower the cost of health coverage purchased through Virginia’s Insurance Marketplace. You may qualify if your household income is between 138% to 250% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
— help.marketplace.virginia.gov, retrieved 2026-08-28
- State
- Virginia verified
- Marketplace type
- State-based marketplace our reading
- Marketplace name
- Virginia's Insurance Marketplace our reading
- Marketplace website
- https://www.marketplace.virginia.gov/ 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
- Virginia Premium Savings our reading
- Income range for state assistance
- 138% to 250% of the federal poverty level verified
- State assistance above 400% of the poverty line
- no our reading
- What the state programme pays
- a state subsidy applied on top of any federal premium tax credit the household qualifies for, paid from the $150 million Virginia Health Insurance Affordability Fund created in a 2026 special session; the Exchange says qualifying consumers could save as much as 70% of their monthly premium, and no per-enrollee amount is stated
- State cost-sharing programme
- none our reading
- Basic Health Program
- none our reading
- State individual mandate
- no our reading
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Sources
- help.marketplace.virginia.govhttps://help.marketplace.virginia.gov/hc/en-us/articles/47890660911757-What-is-Virginia-Premium-Savings
- scc.virginia.govhttps://www.scc.virginia.gov/about-the-scc/newsreleases/release/virginians-save-on-marketplace-health-coverage-/virginians-save-on-marketplace-health-coverage-.html
- coverva.dmas.virginia.govhttps://coverva.dmas.virginia.gov/learn/coverage-for-adults/adults-19-64-years-old/