---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 418.3501"
title: "20"
number: "418.3501"
heading: "What could cause us to increase or reduce your subsidy or terminate your subsidy eligibility?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/418.3501"
---

# §418.3501. What could cause us to increase or reduce your subsidy or terminate your subsidy eligibility?

- (a) Certain changes in your circumstances could cause us to increase or reduce your subsidy or terminate your subsidy eligibility. These changes include (but are not limited to) changes to:
  - (1) Your income;
  - (2) Your spouse's income if you are married and living with your spouse;
  - (3) Your resources;
  - (4) Your spouse's resources if you are married and living with your spouse; and
  - (5) **Your family size.**
- (b) We will periodically review your circumstances (as described in [§ 418.3125](/cfr/20/418.3125.md)) to make sure you are still eligible for a subsidy and, if eligible, whether you should receive a full or partial subsidy.
- (c) If you report that your circumstances have changed or we receive other notice of such a change after we determine that you are eligible, we will review your circumstances as described in [§ 418.3120](/cfr/20/418.3120.md) to determine if you are still eligible.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5) and 1860D-1, 1860D-14 and -15 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5),1395w-101, 1395w-114, and -115).

### Source

Source: 70 FR 77675, Dec. 30, 2005, unless otherwise noted.