If you lose a job through no fault of your own, that is a qualifying event and you can enroll in Obamacare at any time during a window that lasts a few months (I can't remember if it is 60 or 90 days after last day of employment) of your last day working.
Remember most of you will get credits that can dramatically reduce the cost of insurance. The high deductible plans are the cheapest, but basically cover nothing until you pay $6,000+ out of pocket during the year. Some people establish savings accounts to cover doctor visits and meds. If you see the doctor frequently or are on expensive meds, you will need a plan that either has a much lower deductible or one that has a significant deductible BUT covers pr-scrip-ion d--gs without any deductible.
BEWARE of those junk short term health care plans available in some states. The Trump Admin wants to allow those again and they are a total ripoff because they will deny virtually every claim you make for a myriad of reasons. They have deductibles too, exclude pre-existing conditions, make their own determinations about medical necessity that are assuredly stricter than your own. They won't even cover you if you are found to be obese, have significant medical problems, are old, or have a family history of frequent use of health care. They remind you why the old system before Obamacare was so horrible.
COBRA is the most expensive insurance there is. Try to avoid it unless you get some sort of cost sharing.
Think that this post will provide some useful info for many of you. Posted by @VMSmJtS-1oed