Chutzpah

Posted by Michael D. Tanner

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has denounced Hillary Clinton’s health care plan for being a European-style socialized medicine plan” of “government managed insurance.”

Hmmmm…. HillaryCare 2.0 calls for an individual mandate to purchase health insurance, a collectivized insurance pool, huge subsidies for low- and middle-income families, and new regulation of the insurance industry. Why, that sounds like…the plan Governor Romney signed into law in Massachusetts.

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