WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Just hours after Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told CNN that he had no choice but to sign up for Obamacare, President Barack Obama signed an executive order making Cruz ineligible for coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
“Clearly, the hardship of receiving Obamacare was causing Ted a great deal of pain,” the President said. “This should take care of that.”
Obama acknowledged that the executive order, which makes Cruz the only American expressly forbidden from signing up for Obamacare, was an extraordinary measure, but added, “I felt it was a necessary humanitarian gesture to protect Ted from the law he hates.”
Even as he signed the order, the President said that he was “torn” about barring Cruz from coverage, stating,”He’s definitely someone who would benefit from seeing a doctor.”
In an official statement released later in the day, Cruz blasted the executive order and accused Obama of distorting his position on Obamacare: “I never said I didn’t want to have it. I said I didn’t want everyone else in the country to have it.”
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/boro...rder-making-ted-cruz-ineligible-for-obamacare
Ted Cruz Going on ObamaCare
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by InTheLight, Mar 24, 2015.
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Use of Time Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
:applause:
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
If Obamacare is as bad as Cruz wanted us to believe it was and he was willing to filibuster about it ... they why is it that he is willing to sign up now? When push comes to shove even Cruz wants health insurance. He may not want it for others, but he wants it for himself and his family.
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church mouse guy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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They just don't like that Obama actually did something where all they've done is talk about doing something. -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
You hens would be squawking if he left his family off of any insurance, too.
Zaac, just can't keep yourself out of the peanut gallery.
ITL, funny stuff. -
Even worse for the millions of people who lost the insurance they liked and had to replace it with a one size fits all product at a much higher cost under obamacare...or pay a John Roberts "tax" to have nothing at all. -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
1. It cannot be proven
2. Is a political tool to unnecessarily raise emotions
3. Is talking points put out by the DNC
4. Is in fact not true by any standard
Further there is no hypocrisy. While this claim is just as dishonest as the other it in fact has the exact same problems already listed. -
I bet his wife, like most folks once they get a little older, has a pre-existing condition and would have had a hard time getting coverage at a decent rate if not through the exchange. -
Look in the mirror if you want to see real hypocrisy. -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Your lying about his reasons is the problem. -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Yes, you forgot or are you simply trying to publish misinformation.
Cruz also said, I -
He's experiencing what so many people in the GOP need to experience. A lot of people in the GOP don't believe there is a need for certain things or they won't believe things are a certain way until those things happen to them first hand.
To buy insurance when you've got a pre-existing condition can make for some very hefty premiums. Guess they found this out.
With the AFA, those pre-existing conditions don't affect your costs as they would if you tried to get insurance outside the exchange.
Guess they are proverbially getting to walk a mile in someone else's shoes -
Everyone has an opinion on everything I suppose - but come on.
At least base it on some sort of fact base and not just pure speculation. -
There really couldn't be too many other reasons for him to use the AFA after what he has said. -
Or perhaps it is so that when he works to repeal Obamacare as President dems/libs can't say it's because he isn't on Obamacare and therefore care about people who are or that he doesn't know how wonderful it is because he didn't try it.
Or perhaps it's to call more attention to his throwing his name into the ring.
So it looks like you really don't know the true reason.
And since you don't know, your witness of hypocrisy can only be FALSE since you cannot give a true witness to the situation. -
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