Health insurance gap after a layoff - 9 months and counting

My family's coverage ended with the layoff and we have a prescription we cannot skip. I have read a lot of threads here and could not find my exact situation. I think my income this year might qualify for a subsidy. How fast did coverage start?

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