article_snippet: Cruz has already made abolishing the Affordable Care Act the centerpiece of Cruz young presidential campaign, and once spoke for 21 hours straight on the floor of the U.S. Senate in a bid to block the U.S. Senate funding.
article_snippet: But now Cruz says Cruz and Cruz family will be the latest to use the system, signing up for medical insurance coverage through the Obamacare law's government-run marketplaces.
article_snippet: and We're in the process of transitioning over to do that,' Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, told The Des Moines
article_snippet: Democrats didn't budge, and the provision now requires Cruz to join millions who have signed up for Obamacare-brokered coverage.
article_snippet: We encourage others to follow presidential candidate Cruz to www.healthcare.gov and get covered.'
article_snippet: Even though the Obamacare open-enrollment period is over, Americans can still sign up if Americans 'have certain life changes in 2015' Cruz also took a verbal swing at Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who has allowed professional staffers on Senate committees to exempt professional staffers on Senate committees. '
article_snippet: But Cruz still believes the Obamacare law should be killed – 'ripped out, root and branch' is how Harry Reid put the Obamacare law during an Iowa event in January. '
article_snippet: I believe in 2017 a new president, a Republican president will sign legislation repealing every word of it,' a Republican president insisted. '
highlights_snippet: Presidential candidate launched campaign Monday on the promise of replacing the Affordable Care Act with something more GOP-friendly .
  