Insurance term
Special Enrollment Period (SEP)
A time outside Open Enrollment when you can buy a Marketplace plan after a qualifying life event such as losing coverage, marriage, moving or having a baby. It usually lasts 60 days from the event. Outside that window you would have to wait for the next Open Enrollment.
Example
Losing job-based coverage opens a Special Enrollment Period.
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