Health coverage after losing my job: marketplace or Medicaid? (update)

My employer coverage ended at the end of the month and I am trying to work out what to do as a welding apprentice. I would rather hear the honest version than the polite one. I do not want a gap in coverage. What did you choose and how was the process?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

Call your pharmacy too. Mine knew of a discount card that helped while coverage was being sorted out.