Ted Cruz: “We repealed the individual mandate and I was the one who led…”

“When you shrink supply and you also mandate demand, which Obamacare initially had, the individual mandate that flow force people to buy. The combination of that drives prices through the roof. Now, We repealed the individual mandate and I was the one who led the fight to do that. So we successfully repealed the individual madnate. Under the original Obamacare, if you lacked the income to be able to afford healthcare, the consequence of that is the IRS would fine you.” (37:25–37:30)

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