 [ Symptoms ] my daughter a high school senior who will graduate in may 2014 will be 19 in november  does she need to get health insurance coverage on her own my son and daughter are both on medicaid set to recertify in december according to dcbs do i need to go on the website to qualifyshop for insurance or wait until december and recertify through dcbs [ Disease ] both your son and daughter will want to recertify their medicaid coverage assuming you are not covered by medicaid you can go onto the website to shop for yourself if you want coverage to start january 1 2014 you will need to buy a plan by december 15 2013