# How do I get on Obamacare?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-on-obamacare/840531>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-on-obamacare/840531 "2019-09-20T01:02:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-on-obamacare/840531/21 "2019-12-11T19:22:05Z")

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Quick follow up before the enrollment deadline: what happens to my coverage if I move out of Illinois? I may still need the ACA if my new employer doesn’t provide health care coverage on day one.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-on-obamacare/840531/22 "2019-12-11T20:52:40Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> Quick follow up before the enrollment deadline: what happens to my coverage if I move out of Illinois? I may still need the ACA if my new employer doesn’t provide health care coverage on day one.

Moving is one of the “qualifying life events” that triggers a Special Enrollment Period. If you discover that your current coverage doesn’t have many (or any) in-network providers in your new state, you’ll probably want to take advantage of the opportunity to buy a new ACA policy from an insurer in your new state (which would have a more robust network in the state to which you’ve moved).

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