Compliance News | September 2, 2026

ACA Dollar Amounts and Percentages

Many ACA provisions contain numbers or percentages that are indexed to various measures of inflation, and the federal government announces new numbers throughout the year.

To help you stay on top of all of the ACA amounts you need to know for your group health plan, we’ve got handy summary charts that we update whenever new numbers come out.

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What's new?

In September 2026, we added:

  • The 2027 percentage for the test applied by the Exchange or a Marketplace when determining if offered coverage is affordable — coverage is deemed to be not affordable if the cost of employee-only coverage exceeds 10.22 percent of household income, which is an increase from 9.96 percent that applies in 2026
  • The 2027 percentage safe harbor for employers seeking to minimize the employer penalty, which is 10.22 percent of household income, an increase from 9.96 percent that applies in 2026

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