Obamacare made it so I could purchase insurance, but it didn’t solve affordability for people who are self-employed but not poor. Before Obamacare, I could not buy health insurance at any price in some states due to pre-existing conditions. I could buy it in the state where I live, but only in extremely expensive high-risk pools. Obamacare made it so I could buy insurance at the same price as other people even with a pre-existing condition without having to qualify through medical underwriting. Before that, people could be denied coverage or have their policies cancelled if they were sick or got sick. So it solved that problem, and it solved affordability problems for poor people, but it’s still very expensive if your employer does not pay for most of your insurance or you are not poor enough to recieve tax credits for your premiums or other subsidies. Most people who have insurance through their employers do not realize that the tax code subsidizes their insurance, and their employer covers tens of thousands of dollars of their premiums. If they had to buy their same employer health plan through the private insurance market, they would be shocked by what it costs. They think the employee contribution taken from their paycheck covers it. Usually, it’s not even close.