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

For Washington, marketplace type is State-based marketplace; marketplace name is Washington Healthplanfinder; marketplace website is https://www.wahealthplanfinder.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:** Washington
- **Marketplace type:** State-based marketplace
- **Marketplace name:** Washington Healthplanfinder
- **Marketplace website:** https://www.wahealthplanfinder.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:** Cascade Care Savings
- **Income range for state assistance:** up to 250% of the federal poverty level
- **State assistance above 400% of the poverty line:** no
- **What the state programme pays:** Customers with federal subsidies: $55 per member, per month (PMPM). Customers without federal subsidies: $250 PMPM
- **State cost-sharing programme:** none
- **Basic Health Program:** none
- **State individual mandate:** no

## What the source says

> Customers with federal subsidies: $55 per member, per month (PMPM)

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Income range for state assistance

wahbexchange.org says income range for state assistance is **up to 250% of the federal poverty level**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Customers with federal subsidies: $55 per member, per month (PMPM)

Source: https://www.wahbexchange.org/content/dam/materials/communications/legislative/2025/WAHBE_Final_PY_2026_Cascade_Care_Savings_Maximum_Per_Member_Per_Month_Methodology.pdf

wahbexchange.org says income range for state assistance is **at or below 250% of the federal poverty level**, as of 2026-08-14.

> The Exchange finalized the two fixed-dollar maximum per-enrollee Cascade Care Savings amount for plan year 2026 as $55 per member per month (PMPM) for members receiving federal subsidies and $250 PMPM for members not receiving federal subsidies

Source: https://www.wahbexchange.org/about-the-exchange/initiatives/cascade-care/cascade-care-savings/


### What the state programme pays

wahbexchange.org says what the state programme pays is **Customers with federal subsidies: $55 per member, per month (PMPM). Customers without federal subsidies: $250 PMPM**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Customers with federal subsidies: $55 per member, per month (PMPM)

Source: https://www.wahbexchange.org/content/dam/materials/communications/legislative/2025/WAHBE_Final_PY_2026_Cascade_Care_Savings_Maximum_Per_Member_Per_Month_Methodology.pdf

wahbexchange.org says what the state programme pays is **$55 per member per month (PMPM) for members receiving federal subsidies and $250 PMPM for members not receiving federal subsidies**, as of 2026-08-14.

> The Exchange finalized the two fixed-dollar maximum per-enrollee Cascade Care Savings amount for plan year 2026 as $55 per member per month (PMPM) for members receiving federal subsidies and $250 PMPM for members not receiving federal subsidies

Source: https://www.wahbexchange.org/about-the-exchange/initiatives/cascade-care/cascade-care-savings/


## Source

- https://www.wahbexchange.org/content/dam/materials/communications/legislative/2025/WAHBE_Final_PY_2026_Cascade_Care_Savings_Maximum_Per_Member_Per_Month_Methodology.pdf
- https://www.wahbexchange.org/about-the-exchange/initiatives/cascade-care/cascade-care-savings/

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/).