Does Obamacare Provide Health Insurance? 
`` Obamacare '' actually is called the `` Affordable Care Act , '' and is a law that was created that mandates that everyone has access to affordable healthcare . If you have seen the commercials for the Marketplace on TV , that is a website that is administered by the government . It 's purpose is to offer all the qualified health insurance plans from insurance companies who have met the new guidelines , to help consumers apply for subsidy 's , and ultimately enroll them in a new healthcare plan . The government has no financial ties to the insurance company and is not profiting off of this website . The best thing about this new law is that now people who could not access healthcare with decent doctors and facilities are now on a level playing field and can get the care they need . A cancer patient who has had skin cancer for 5 years can see a doctor on a regular basis without wondering if he is going to loose his family home . 