The last official 2015 QHP selection count for the state of Texas was 1,205,174 people as of February 22.
It looks like I can update this to 1,205,178 today!
After Pledging To ‘Repeal Every Word Of Obamacare,’ Ted Cruz Admits He’s Signing Up For Obamacare
One day after announcing his plan to run for president and “repeal every word of Obamacare,” Ted Cruz confirmed that he plans on using Obamacare’s new state-level marketplace to enroll in coverage himself.
Because Cruz’s wife Heidi is joining his campaign full-time, she’s going on unpaid leave from her current job at Goldman Sachs. Earlier this week, CNN reported that the couple will lose the employer-sponsored plan through the company, and speculated that Cruz would likely be in the market for a new health care plan.
“We will presumably go on the exchange and sign up for health care and we’re in the process of transitioning over to do that,” Cruz told The Des Moines Register on Tuesday.
Actually, I think that as a member of Congress, Cruz may be required to utilize the District of Columbia exchange the way that all Congressional staffers are, as opposed to Healthcare.Gov, so technically that's the exchange whose tally should be bumped up by 4, but whatever.
I'm gonna leave it at that. The irony here speaks for itself, although I'm not gonna go after Cruz too much since plenty of people comply with laws that they don't personally agree with (although I'm sure that the Cruzes are grateful to be able to move from one job to another without having to worry about her or either of their young children being denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition, for example, that Mrs. Cruz won't be charged more for her gender and that their kids will be able to stay on their plan until they're 26 years old if necessary...)
You can learn more about the new healthcare environment of the Cruz family by visiting any of the following handy websites!