There is nothing in the bill about price controls, which means that insurance companies can charge as much as they want and, thanks to the bill, people will be required to pay it.

This may not necessarily be directly paid by the individual, but the individual will still pay for it in the long run, either through higher taxes or higher prices on goods and services. Incidentally, the employer requirements are also one of the main reasons that the vast majority of new jobs are part-time, so that they do not have to provide coverage.

Obamacare was a huge win for the insurance and pharmaceutical industries, which made more than enough already. Obama's original plan did include price controls, as well as a public option for insurance, and participation in the program was to be voluntary.

Obama caved in to the lobbyists on everything that would have made his plan viable however; he was so anxious to get his bill passed that what he signed into law is vastly inferior to the previous status quo of having no law at all.