Did Obamacare Cancel Ted Cruz鈥檚 Health Insurance? - YouTube

Channel: The Young Turks

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FOR SOME TIME NOW ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, TED CRUZ HAS
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BEEN TELLING THE STORY OF HOW HIS HEALTH INSURANCE WAS
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CANCELED BECAUSE OF THAT DAMNED OBAMACARE, AND IF HE HAD
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CONTINUED IT SOMEHOW, THEN HIS RATES WOULD JUMP 50% LIKE IS
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HAPPENING TO AMERICANS ALL OVER THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
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UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS A GIGANTIC PACK OF LIES, WE HAVE ALL THE
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DETAILS BUT FIRST HERE IS THE MAN, TED CRUZ.
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MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, BEEN FORCED
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INTO PART-TIME WORK, HAVE LOST HEALTH INSURANCE, LOST THEIR
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DOCTORS, AND HAVE SEEN THEIR PREMIUMS SKYROCKET.
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NEW
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HAMPSHIRE IN PARTICULAR, PREMIUMS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
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ROOF.
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I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW WHO ONE OF THOSE MILLIONS OF
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AMERICANS IS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HEALTH CARE BECAUSE OF
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OBAMACARE?
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THAT WOULD BE ME.
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I DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE RIGHT NOW.
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I HAD PURCHASED AN INDIVIDUAL POLICY AND BLUE CROSS/BLUE
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SHIELD CANCELED THEIR INDIVIDUAL POLICIES IN TEXAS EFFECTIVE
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DECEMBER 31, SO OUR HEALTHCARE GOT CANCELED.
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WE GOT A NOTICE IN
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THE MAIL, BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD WAS LEAVING THE MARKET.
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SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING ANOTHER POLICY, I
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HOPE BY THE END OF THE MONTH WE WILL HAVE A POLICY, BUT OUR
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PREMIUMS, WE JUST GOT A QUOTE, THEY ARE GOING UP 50%.
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ALL OF THAT, LIES.
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HE HAS BEEN TELLING THAT STORY ALL
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OVER.
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NOW WE FIND OUT IT IS NOT TRUE.
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ONE OF HIS SPOKESPEOPLE
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HAD TO ADMIT THAT EVERY PART OF THAT STORY WAS FALSE --
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LET'S
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PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND.
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IF SOMEONE TELLS ME MY
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INSURANCE IS CANCELED, I GO, REALLY?
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THAT SEEMS UNUSUAL.
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WHAT
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ARE MY OPTIONS?
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HE ASKED THE BROKER TO IMMEDIATELY PULL THE
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OPTIONS.
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THAT MAKE SENSE.
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BUT THE BROKER HAD ALREADY TOLD HIM HE COULD NOW SWITCH TO
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AN HMO.
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IT WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHED.
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THAT IS YOUR OPTION.
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HE IS SAYING THEY DIDN'T TELL HIM.
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BUT BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD SAID --
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BUT BREAK IT DOWN.
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HE SAYS THE BROKER TELLS ME PPO IS GONE, I
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DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.
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I ASK HIM FOR OPTIONS.
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THE BROKER AT THAT
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POINT DECIDES NOT TO TELL HIM ONE OF HIS OPTIONS IS THAT YOU
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ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IN THE HMO, YOU ALREADY HAVE INSURANCE?
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HE
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IS LIKE, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU?
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NO, OF COURSE HE KNOWS YOU WENT
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TO THE HMO, HE TOLD YOU.
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EVEN THE CRUZ CAMPAIGN IS ADMITTING,
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YES, THE BROKER KNEW WE WERE GOING TO THE HMO.
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SO HE IS
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ABSOLUTELY LYING.
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AND BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD SENT NOTIFICATION TO ALL THE
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PEOPLE AFFECTED IF THEY WANT TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND
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NOT BE AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHED TO THE HMO, BUT TO BE FAIR THEY
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ONLY GIVEN FIVE OR SIX MONTHS' WARNING, WHICH IS NOT A LOT OF
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TIME.
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SOMETIMES I TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO FIX THAT STUFF.
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WE CAN
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JUMP OVER TO GRAPHIC 12.
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YOU HEARD THE LAST PART OF THAT, IT
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WAS THE 50% RISE.
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BULLSHIT.
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WHAT HE DOESN'T TELL YOU
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THERE IS THAT THE 50% NUMBER IS
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THAT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ALREADY GOING TO BE COVERED AND COULD
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HAVE CONTINUED WITH A RISE OF PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE FOUR OR
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6%, HE DECIDED TO GO FOR A DIFFERENT INSURANCE PLAN THAT
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WAS FAR BROADER, HAD MORE COVERAGE, AND THAT WAS MORE
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EXPENSIVE.
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SO HE CHOSE TO BUY A DIFFERENT PLAN AND COMPLAIN
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THAT THAT ONE IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
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AND THERE IS NO PLAN IN TEXAS THAT WENT UP 50%.
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NONE.
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AGAIN,
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IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH YOUR OWN FAMILY'S INSURANCE AND
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SOMEONE TELLS YOU YOU LOST YOUR INSURANCE, DO YOU REALLY GO,
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WE WILL FIGURE THAT OUT LATER?
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AND THEN THEY SAY, YOUR PREMIUMS
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ARE GOING UP 50%? FIRST OF ALL, I THOUGHT I DIDN'T HAVE
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INSURANCE.
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MY PREMIUMS ARE GOING UP 50%?
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SECOND OF ALL, IF SOMEONE TELLS ME MY PREMIUMS ARE GOING UP 50%,
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I GO, WAIT, SAY THAT AGAIN.
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THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.
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AND IF I WAS
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TED CRUZ, A POLITICIAN WHO HATES OBAMACARE, I WOULD HOLD A PRESS
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CONFERENCE TO SAY MY PREMIUM WAS GOING UP 50%.
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BUT HE IS NOT
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DOING ANY OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE HIS PREMIUM IS NOT GOING
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UP 50%.
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HE SAYS IT IS HAPPENING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AS WELL, WRONG
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AGAIN.
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IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THEY ARE GOING UP 5%.
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AND BY THE WAY,
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SOME PREMIUMS IN TEXAS, SOME PLANS, ARE GOING DOWN, NOT UP.
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ONE MORE FINAL LIE.
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HE COULD STAY ON HIS WIFE'S INSURANCE
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FROM GOLDMAN SACHS, HE COULD GO GET IT FROM THE GOVERNMENT,
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THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
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HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SAY
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I DON'T GET ANY MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR MY INSURANCE.
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FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, THEY ARE YOUR
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EMPLOYER AND ALMOST ALL EMPLOYERS COVER A BIG CHUNK OF
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YOUR HEALTHCARE, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS FOR ALL OF US.
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BUT NO,
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TED CRUZ IS A SLIMY POLITICIAN SO HE WANTS TO MAKE A POINT
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AGAINST OBAMACARE.
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SO HE WILL GO OUT OF POCKET TO PAY FOR THAT
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75% EXTRA.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE PAYING 75% EXTRA FOR YOUR
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HEALTHCARE TO MAKE A POLITICAL POINT?
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NO THANKS.
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EVEN THE MOST DIEHARD CONSERVATIVE IS LIKE, I WILL
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MAKE THAT POINT LATER.
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SO THEN, THE L.A. TIMES MADE A GREAT POINT.
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WHAT ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR PREMIUMS FOR?
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YOU ARE
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VOLUNTARILY, NEEDLESSLY PAYING 75% MORE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
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AND BY THE WAY, THE REASON YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO IS BECAUSE OF
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OBAMACARE.
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THANKS, OBAMA.
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BY THE WAY, ONE EXTRA LIE.
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I BELIEVE HE WILL BE
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THE NOMINEE, BUT CHECK BACK THREE MONTHS AFTER THE RACE
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IF HE IS NOT -- I BELIEVE HE IS GETTING THAT EXTRA 75%
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COVERED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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EXACTLY.
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THAT IS GOING BACK INTO HIS POCKET.
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AND IT IS
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OBAMACARE PLUS THE FACT YOU NORMALLY GET COVERED BY YOUR
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EMPLOYER.
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ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE PROVEN THAT TED CRUZ,
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MONUMENTALLY FULL OF SHIT.