Current Federal Poverty Level 2025. The federal poverty level is a measure of income used to determine eligibility for various assistance programs, including health. On the lower end of the income spectrum, buyers are eligible for subsidies in most states that have implemented the aca’s medicaid expansion if their income is above 138% of the federal.
Our federal poverty guideline list has a 100% poverty level, 138% medicaid expansion threshold, 250% csr subsidy threshold, and 500% premium tax credit thresholds. The federal poverty level is set each year to help determine eligibility for certain government programs.