Ted Cruz Says Forced to Go on Obamacare to Purchase Insurance

It's the only option, by law, for Americans not directly insured by their employers.

By Published on March 25, 2015

Ted Cruz — one of the Affordable Care Act’s harshest critics — announced Tuesday that he would be signing up for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s signature legislation.

The Texas Republican senator, who declared his candidacy for president in 2016 on Monday, previously received a very generous health insurance package through his wife Heidi Cruz’s employer, the investment bank Goldman Sachs.

Now that Mrs. Cruz is reportedly taking an unpaid leave from work to help her husband’s campaign, the family has decided to obtain its insurance on federal exchanges.

Read the article “Ted Cruz Says Forced to Go on Obamacare to Purchase Insurance” on politico.com.

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