No, private healthcare insurance was not outlawed. What was passed into law was what the minimum amount of coverage had to be.
No longer could you offer just catastrophic care coverage. Your policies had to cover the entire laundry list of items in the unAffordable Care Act.
So, rather than offer such insurance, the private companies that are still around just stopped offering health insurance? Because my broker, when I asked about private health insurance for my husband, told me that he should hang on for dear life to the insurance his company offers. And when I called USAA to inquire, they said they only have Marketplace and ONE private insurer. And the term is only for 3 months at a time.