Obama Care also offers a Special Enrollment Period for those who have a qualifying life event and thus can obtain coverage outside of these open enrollment dates. Examples of qualifying life events are moving to a new state, changes in your income, changes in your family size (for example, if you marry, divorce, or have a baby), leaving jail, loss of employer based coverage, losing a job or turning age 26.
People with a qualifying life events have 60 days before and 60 days after the event to apply, be approved, and buy insurance.