No 2018 health insurance? See if you can still get coverage

Published on January 11, 2018

If you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period

• You may qualify for a
  Special Enrollment Period

  A time outside the yearly Open Enrollment Period when you can sign up for health insurance. You qualify for a Special Enrollment Period if you’ve had certain life events, including losing health coverage, moving, getting married, having a baby, or adopting a child, or if your household income is below a certain amount.

  if you or anyone in your household got married, had a baby, adopted a child, or had a household move in the past 60 days.
• See the full list of life events that make you eligible.
• Not sure you qualify? Answer a few fast questions to find out.

Through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

• Medicaid and CHIP provide free or low-cost health coverage to millions of Americans, including some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
• If you’re eligible, your coverage can start right away, any time of year.
• Learn how to apply for Medicaid and CHIP.