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The Health Insurance Marketplace^® makes it easier to find quality, affordable coverage. Millions of Americans have already gotten coverage, many for the first time.

Are you ready for the next Health Insurance Marketplace^® Open Enrollment Period? Open Enrollment is the time when you can apply for a new Marketplace plan, keep your current plan, or pick a new one.

Thinking about moving, getting married or having a baby? When you make big decisions in life, you may also become eligible for Marketplace coverage outside of Open Enrollment through a Special Enrollment Period.

Use our screener now to find out if you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.

Young adults have several options for getting covered through the Health Insurance Marketplace^®.

You may qualify for a Special Enrollment Period and not even know it. Did you recently get married, have a baby, adopt a child, or move? Did your student health plan just expire? If so, you may be able to get Marketplace coverage outside of Open Enrollment.

Even though open enrollment is over, you may still have options to get health coverage this year.

If you experience a qualifying life event, you’ll still be able to sign up for private insurance in the Marketplace.

Open Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace^® is closed for 2014, but you may still have options to get health coverage this year. And if you joined the millions of Americans who have already signed up for Marketplace coverage, we can help you learn how to use it.

The next open enrollment period begins on November 15, 2014 for coverage that can begin as early as January 1, 2015.