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• A time outside of the open enrollment period during which you and your family have a right to sign up for job-based health coverage. Job-based plans must provide a special enrollment period of 30 days following certain life events that involve a change in family status (for example, marriage or birth of a child) or loss of other job-based health coverage.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Special Enrollment Period. (n.d.). HealthCare.gov Glossary. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/special-enrollment-period.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Special Enrollment Period. HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/special-enrollment-period (accessed: February 1, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Special Enrollment Period." HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 1 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/special-enrollment-period.

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