Ted Cruz: “Obamacare was going to raise people's premiums enormously.”

“And by the way, I would point out when I did a 21 hour filibuster against Obamacare, the principal point I raised is that Obamacare was going to raise people's premiums enormously. Just this weekend, the Washington Post wrote an editorial acknowledging that Obamacare, the so called Affordable Health Care act, did not produce affordable health care, but instead dramatically increased health insurance premiums.” (02:34–02:39)

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