Travel insurance as temporary primary health insurance

Hello all, I am in a stable place financially and am planning on taking ~6 months or so off from work while between jobs to visit friends and family around the US and overseas. I am trying to figure out what to do for health insurance while I'm not employed. I don't visit the doctor often and only need a catastrophic plan for worst-case scenarios. I've purchased travel insurance before for actual trips, and the monthly cost and the deductibles were significantly lower than what I've been quoted for marketplace insurance, and would work in other countries.

As I understand it, travel insurance can be used domestically as long as you're away from home; is it possible to use travel insurance as a temporary insurance in these medium-term travel scenarios? Any downsides I should be aware of? I suppose not having a month-to-month plan and needing to set fixed dates when purchasing would be one. GeoBlue is what I've purchased in the past for travel, but I've never had to use it. Appreciate any advice, thanks.

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