Where is Cruz's better plan?  It's one thing to have a better
idea. It's another to be a simple obstructionist with nothing to
offer except negativity.  Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and
his tea party colleagues in the U.S. House are obstructionists
when it comes to Obamacare. Cruz says he will do anything he can
to prevent the plan, designed to make sure every American has
health care insurance, from going into effect. He's even willing
to shut down the government to do it. Yet he offers no proposal
to take Obamacare's place, even though health care costs have so
steadily escalated in recent decades that an estimated 30
million adult Americans have no health care insurance. Even
though medical bills are the most common cause of bankruptcy.
This is hypocritical and shockingly irresponsible. Cruz benefits
from a generous health care plan provided by the taxpayers. Yet
in his ideological zeal, he would prevent others, including
folks with pre-existing conditions who have been shut out from a
health care in