Typical Republican! Ted Cruz Forgets To Sign Up For Health Insurance, Blames Obamacare

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Ted Cruz Forgets To Sign Up For Health Insurance, Blames Obamacare

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/22/3741921/ted-cruz-health-insurance/

by Tara Culp-Ressler Jan 22, 2016 11:41 am

CREDIT: AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign stop Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Hollis, N.H.
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GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz says his family is no longer covered by health insurance, and he thinks it’s all Obamacare’s fault.

“I’ll tell you, you know who one of those millions of Americans is who’s lost their health care because of Obamacare? That would be me,” Cruz told the audience at a campaign stop New Hampshire on Thursday evening. “I don’t have health care right now.”

But the Affordable Care Act isn’t directly responsible for Cruz’s current situation.

Last year, the Cruz family signed up for health insurance through Obamacare’s state insurance marketplaces. (Thanks to a Republican-sponsored amendment that was introduced to prove a point about Obamacare, federal lawmakers and their staffers are required to enroll in these Obamacare plans if they want to maintain the government contribution to their insurance.)

[PJMcK]

1. Senator Cruz's team has admitted this is false.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ted-cruz-health-insurance-questions

[Kip Humphrey]

2. There is no Texas state insurance marketplace. Texas uses the Federal marketplace.

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3. Wouldn't a US Senator automatically be covered for free?

You would think at least.

[meow2u3]

4. Cruz had health insurance all along

He was lying through his teeth to try to impugn the President and blame the ACA.