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Ted Cruz: “Obamacare drastically reduced the choices people had and…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 36:57

Remember, Barack Obama promised that Obamacare would cut the average family's premiums by $2,500. Yeah. It has massively increased the average family's premiums instead. And there's a reason for that. What Obamacare drastically reduced the choices people had and forced people into more expensive plans. It basically outlawed less expensive plans. And Economics 101, supply and demand. When you shrink supply and you also mandate demand, which Obamacare initially had, the individual mandate that flow force people to buy. (36:57–37:05)

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Asserts that Obamacare reduced insurance choices and increased plan costs.

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