Ted Cruz on Health Care

Ted Cruz's website lacks any info on his ideas for health reform so I had to look it up somewhere else.  As such according to http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Ted_Cruz_Health_Care.htm, Cruz intends to raise the minimum age requirement to receive Medicare which Cruz does not specify, though I would assume is age 70.  Additionally he advocates turning it into a premium support system, basically what Carson's plan does, by helping people afford private insurance companies with the government giving our seniors money to do so.  Likewise, Cruz would repeal Obama Care and allow health insurance companies to sell health insurance across State lines without limit so as to improve competition and thus lower costs according to: http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/01/28/ted_cruz_s_horrifying_idea_of_health_reform.html, which is a web article that is critical of Cruz as his ideas do not address pre-existing conditions.  The article sites Cruz directly in the debates and shows that he intends to expand Health Savings Accounts as well.  In an interview on August 3, 2015: Interview with Jack Heath on Voters First Forum, Cruz was asked his views on health reform (source:  http://2016.presidential-candidates.org/Cruz/?on=health-care) where his answers from the debate did not differ in the slightest.  Basically, Cruz is probably aiming for what Carson was going to do, but is keeping silent on the details.

Final Thought:  I am saddened to see that Cruz does not have any official details on his health reform ideas which makes Carson's ideas superior here due to details of how it would work and the fact that Carson has greater knowledge of the health care system America currently has.  It would not be surprising for Cruz to mimic Carson's idea is some way to achieve the goals he set out to do which is to make healthcare personal again with respect to patients and doctors while also reforming Medicare and Medicaid.