The law says you must buy healthcare, and you have to obey the law, even if you hate it. (The law is clearly unconstitutional, but the Extreme Court, under blackmail, ruled otherwise.)
His wife lost her insurance due to her leave of absence. He has to get insurance somehow, and by law, members of Congress are required to take Obamacare. What choice did
Senator Cruz have?
Senator Cruz from apolitical perspective has only one choice: compliance. Grudging or otherwise. The fact that he didn’t take one of the outs written into the law such as the medical sharing ministries tells me that he intends to use his enrollment for some purpose. We’ll find out why in time.
An unjust law is no law at all.
"Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God"
I agree with your grasp of the reality that Senator Ted Cruz has to take. Those who fail to see it are living in the fantasy land of the Unicorn Farm. Obamacare give us little margin of variance and, it is that freedom it has taken away from us.
Continue the coverage thru the wife's employer under COBRA.........