Posted on 01/22/2016 8:16:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Ted Cruz revealed on Thursday that he is not currently covered by any health insurance, chalking up the lack of coverage to Obamacare.
"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 a Manchester, New Hampshire, audience. "I don't have health care right now."
Cruz explained that he had purchased an individual policy and that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas had canceled all of its individual policies in Texas, effective Dec. 31. Cruz and his wife, Heidi, who is on temporary leave from her job with Goldman Sachs, purchased an individual plan last year after previously receiving coverage through the Wall Street firm. A spokeswoman for Cruz's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment to clarify his remarks.
"So our health care got canceled, we got a notice in the mail, Blue Cross Blue Shield was leaving the market. And so we're in the process of finding another policy," Cruz said. "I hope by the end of the month we'll have a policy for our family. But our premiums — we just got a quote, our premiums are going up 50 percent. That's happening all over the country. That's happening in New Hampshire."
It would appear that news of the cancellation did not go over well in the Cruz household.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
That’s a lie. He stated previously that he had health insurance under his wife’s G-S health plan...
Perfect timing for a “I feel your pain” moment?
That’s a lie.
you mean, before Dec 31st, he had insurance?
RE: He stated previously that he had health insurance under his wife’s G-S health plan...
His wife is on leave from G-S.
This guy seems to have a sloppy approach to his private life. Loans, citizenship, health insurance ... does he pay attention to anything?
That’s a lie.
Fixed the single quote.
This is the only site I’ve seen on the internet that requires me to do that. I think it’s time to upgrade from Fortran.
Hmmmm....I’m finding this hard to believe. I just got on with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas THIS month, after my former insurance co. stopped carrying health insurance.
Not sure how BCBS would pick me up, then drop him. Odd.....
Read the article before you make such a fool of yourself.
‘Twould be a good idea to actually read the article before putting your foot in your mouth.
The Obamacare penalty is calculated on a month-by-month basis, so he could end up owing a penalty.
Apparently you can’t read past the first sentence.
BCBS cancelled the policy I had under Obamacare last year too. I got on the HC website, picked a new plan, and signed up for it. That’s what responsible people do instead of whining in public about it.
So he missed the deadline to sign up for ObamaCare through his Senate job because Blue Cross didn’t give him enough warning, or is this just another one of those inadvertent oversights?
WHAT?? I thought all those guys in congress have a super duper health insurance and are not required to have obamacare (like the rest of the unwashed)?!
He said it was just cancelled, did you miss that part?
Maybe he no longer has it, since his wife is not currently working for G-S. ?? Things change with time.
Actually, didn’t he make a big deal out of signing up for Obamacare?
Another hit piece. From Politico.
If you are inclined to believe that Ted Cruz is satan incarnate, a duplicitous, evil, manipulative, foolish, slimy, creepy person, then you’ll believe any crap that’s thrown his way.
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