Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) defended his latest health care proposal on Friday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) called it a "hoax."
"Make no mistake, the Cruz amendment is a hoax," Schumer said on Thursday.
Cruz fired back at Schumer, knocking him for selling Obamacare to the American people.
"Chuck Schumer knows a lot about health care hoaxes—because the real hoax is the one he and Barack Obama sold to the American people when they first rammed through Obamacare," Cruz said, according to the Washington Times.
The spat was triggered after Cruz proposed an amendment to the Senate health care bill that would allow insurance companies to sell plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act if they also provide a plan that qualifies under the current law.
"It would give consumers the freedom to choose more affordable plans that better meet their individual health care needs," Cruz said.
