Quitting your job is a qualifying event. You definitely qualify. I was looking at Obamacare because I want to start a startup. I considered signing up by Februa

Quitting your job is a qualifying event. You definitely qualify. I was looking at Obamacare because I want to start a startup. I considered signing up by February and just have two insurances for a while rather than go without health insurance (since I graduate from my PhD program mid year, and would then lose my health insurance in August). But I researched this just in case, and turns out that's wildly unnecessary, and the system is set up for things like this. Voila, if you had insurance through a job, school, whatever, and lose it at any time due to a job change (whether quitting, or firing, or whatever), that's a qualifying event that allows you to sign up for new insurance within XYZ days of the event.