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Basic Health Program (Affordable Care Act)

Program Information

Popular name

(BHP)

Program Number

93.640

Program objective

Section 1331 of the Affordable Care Act gives states the option of creating a Basic Health Program (BHP), a health benefits coverage program for low-income residents who would otherwise be eligible to purchase coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The program is for specified individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid but whose income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. Section 1331 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (Pub. L. 111-148), and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111.152, enacted March 30, 2010) which are collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Health

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Alcoholic
  • American Indian
  • Anyone/general public
  • Asian
  • Black
  • Child (6-15)
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Drug Addict
  • Individual/Family
  • Infant (0-5)
  • Juvenile Delinquent
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Migrant
  • Other Non-White
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Refugee/Alien
  • Senior Citizen (60+)
  • Spanish Origin
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
  • Women
  • Youth (16-21)

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