--- ---  # Ted Cruz Is Signing Up for Obamacare ## Video: Real Time: Ted Cruz Rallies The Right At CPAC 2015 [Watch (HLS stream): Real Time: Ted Cruz Rallies The Right At CPAC 2015](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KFQHEvq4.m3u8) (0:59)  _Published 2015-02-26. Ted Cruz fired up the conservative base during his speech on the first day of CPAC 2015._  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Mar 24, 2015 9:14 PM UTC  Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), speaks at the 2013 Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council, on Oct. 11, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), speaks at the 2013 Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council, on Oct. 11, 2013 in Washington, D.C.Andrew Burton—2013 Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Mar 24, 2015 9:14 PM UTC Ted Cruz is signing up for insurance under President Obama’s health care law. The Texas Republican Senator and newly-announced presidential candidate, known for [his staunch opposition to the Affordable Care Act](http://time.com/3756166/why-rand-paul-is-attacking-ted-cruz/), told CNN on Tuesday that he will be joining the millions of Americans enrolled in insurance under the law. “I believe we should follow the text of every law, even \[a\] law I disagree with,” Cruz said. “It’s one of the real differences—if you look at President Obama and the lawlessness, if he disagrees with a law he simply refuses to follow it or claims the authority to unilaterally change.” Cruz, who announced his candidacy on Monday, will no longer have health insurance after his wife went on unpaid leave from her Goldman Sachs position. **MORE:** [Read _TIME_‘s 2013 profile of Texas Senator Ted Cruz](http://time.com/3753541/ted-cruz-texas-senator-gop/?iid=time%5Fspeed) \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/politics/ted-cruz-obamacare/index.html)\] Ted Cruz to Go on Obamacare After Wife's Health Insurance Runs Out ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/"},"headline":"Ted Cruz Is Signing Up for Obamacare","datePublished":"2015-03-24T21:14:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:24:33.519Z","description":"Despite being vehemently opposed to Obamacare","url":"https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","ted cruz"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07406bcedbf9a8b9/6987851806f2c12a4933495a/ted-cruz-obama-care.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07406bcedbf9a8b9/6987851806f2c12a4933495a/ted-cruz-obama-care.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ted Cruz Obamacare Affordable Care Act","caption":"Ted Cruz Obamacare Affordable Care Act","creditText":"Andrew Burton—2013 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/","name":"Ted Cruz Is Signing Up for Obamacare"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Real Time: Ted Cruz Rallies The Right At CPAC 2015","description":"Ted Cruz fired up the conservative base during his speech on the first day of CPAC 2015.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KFQHEvq4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-26T21:46:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KFQHEvq4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/","duration":"PT59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```