The Special Enrollment Period is a time outside of the Open Enrollment period during which you and your family have a right to sign up for health coverage. In the Marketplace, you generally qualify for a special enrollment period of 60 days following certain life events that involve a change in family status, such as marriage or birth of a child or loss of other health coverage.  The Special Enrollment Period begins April 1st and runs through to December 31 2014. Please be advised that a cancellation due to non-payment of an insurance premium, does not qualify as a special life event. Therefore, it is critical that your insurance premiums are paid on time.

If you don't qualify for the Special Enrollment Period, you cannot buy health insurance through the Marketplace until the next Open Enrollment period. The next Open Enrollment period will run from November 15th,2014 to February 15th, 2015.