Health insurance gap after a layoff - first time posting

My family's coverage ended with the layoff and we have a prescription we cannot skip. I do not want a gap in coverage. How fast did coverage start?

Keep everything in writing and save the confirmation numbers. It made the follow-up calls so much easier.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 9 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.