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Federal eligibility for many 2026 assistance programs is tied to updated Federal Poverty Level (FPL) percentages and other administratively set thresholds—for example, Medicaid expansion in many state...
The supplied reporting documents state-by-state changes in eligibility and recent adjustments to long‑term care caps tied to federal benefit updates, but it does not provide a clear list of which stat...
and use higher federal poverty guideline dollar amounts than the 48 contiguous states, so any eligibility rule tied to a percent of the (FPL) — at 138% FPL, Marketplace premium tax credit ranges (comm...
The 2026 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) increase will raise the dollar thresholds that federal- and state-programs use when they tie eligibility to a percentage of the FPL, meaning nominal income limits ...