Changes

*Repeal Obamacare, open insurance markets across state lines, expand health savings accounts, delink health insurance from employment[http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2251 (TCS)]*Sponsored a bill called the Health Care Choices Act which allows people to buy health care plans across state lines[http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2251 (TCS)]**HCCA also repeals Title I of the Affordable Health Care Act[http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2251 (TCS)]**HCCA amend the Public Health Service Act [http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2251 (TCWSTCS)]*"We must save Medicare by gradually increasing the eligibility age and by moving to a premium support system that expands choices for seniors, opens up innovation, and utilizes market forces to rein in healthcare costs." [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Ted_Cruz_Health_Care.htm (OTIHC)]*Supports the right for private organizations to deny contraceptive/abortion coverage to their employees if it conflicts with their personal beliefs [http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2251 (TCS)]

*"The next thing I intend to do is instruct the Department of Justice to open an investigation... to prosecute Planned Parenthood for any criminal violations." [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=110489 (RD1)]*Supports the complete defunding of Planned Parenthood [https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/life-marriage-and-family/ (TCWLLF)]

*Cruz said that “of course” children should be vaccinated but thinks that which ones should be legally mandated be left up to the states[http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/ted-cruz-vaccinations-114862 (POLITICO)]*Some exceptions should still exist for religious convictionsconviction [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/ted-cruz-vaccinations-114862 (POLITICO)]