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In a reversal from claims made on the campaign trail, Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is now saying the senator and his family do have health insurance and never lost coverage. The late night Friday revelation came more than 24 hours after Cruz had told a New Hampshire audience that he and his family were without health insurance and were scrambling to obtain new coverage--and used the claim to slam Obamacare for the mess he was in.
In statements to Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal, campaign spokeswoman Catherine Frazier blamed Cruz's false assertion that his family had lost their health insurance on a misunderstanding. She said an insurance broker told Cruz that BlueCross BlueShield of Texas was dropping his PPO plan, but Frazier said that the broker did not tell Cruz his family was automatically being transferred to the carrier's HMO plan.
"Based on this information, Sen. Cruz believed the family was uninsured and asked the broker to pull quotes immediately for a new policy," Frazier said.
Thursday, the senator had said he "got a notice in the mail" that "Blue Cross Blue Shield was leaving the market." When TPM had asked BCBS of Texas when and how had it notified members about changes to their coverage, an official pointed to an announcement in July that explained that the insurer was dropping its PPOs but its HMO plans would be available for consumers.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-health-insurance-questions
vanlassie
(5,690 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,368 posts)Doesn't make an effort to understand something; just uses it for quick grandstanding, and then has to back out once someone's explained it to him. A wise Republican opponent would use that against him. But I'm not sure there are any wise ones.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)navigate through all the time, he also has nobody on staff able to help him do so. A lawyer with a law degree from Harvard.
I can't say his excuses make me think he'd do a good job reviewing legislation that he'd be signing as president, or that he should be involved in signing treaties on our behalf with any foreign governments.
Vinca
(50,310 posts)Doesn't Cruz have access to federal health insurance coverage? This guy is a greasier version of a Palin grifter.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,369 posts)... health insurance is one of those things we ignore until late Fall each year, and then it's so confusing we almost pick at random and hope for the best.
You gotta be some kind of genius to actually understand it.
To Cruz "dis"credit, he should "have people" to explain it to him.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)No quarter for a lawyer who knows better. Nice try though.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)intheozone
(1,103 posts)Can you share some information on that history? I'm curious.
Thanks
UCmeNdc
(9,601 posts)He lies about everything........
Then when caught he lies and says my bad.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I honestly think I would rather see Trump as president over him.