You may buy insurance outside open enrollment time frames if you qualify for a special enrollment period due to a qualifying life event. A qualifying life event could be moving to a new state, changes in your income, changes in your family size, if you marry, if you divorce or if you have a baby. If you have coverage currently, and you have a life event happen after the enrollment period, you would still be able to obtain insurance through what’s called a special enrollment period.
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