--- title: Ted Cruz to Go on Obamacare After Wife's Health Insurance Runs Out description: Despite being vehemently opposed to Obamacare canonical: https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-24T21:14:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:03:12.531Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ted Cruz Is Signing Up for Obamacare og:description: Despite being vehemently opposed to Obamacare og:url: https://time.com/3757065/ted-cruz-obamacare/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07406bcedbf9a8b9/6987851806f2c12a4933495a/ted-cruz-obama-care.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Ted Cruz Obamacare Affordable Care Act og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ted Cruz Is Signing Up for Obamacare twitter:description: Despite being vehemently opposed to Obamacare twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07406bcedbf9a8b9/6987851806f2c12a4933495a/ted-cruz-obama-care.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ted Cruz Is Signing Up for Obamacare > Sponsored content. 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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  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) \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/politics/ted-cruz-obamacare/index.html)\] ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] The way we get to 51 % is bring together conservatives and Libertarians and evangelicals and women and young people and Hispanics and Reagan Democrats. Hillary Clinton embodies the corruption of Washington. Our nation is in crisis at home. Millions of Americans' are hurting. Obamacare, is a train- wreck. We need a Commander in Chief, who will actually stand up and defend the United States of America. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] It is wrong for the federal government or unelected judges to tear down the marriage laws of the states. [ APPLAUSE ] Take all 125 thousand IRS agents and put them on our southern border. 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