September 19, 2007 11:11AM 

# Chutzpah 

By [Michael D. Tanner](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-d-tanner) 

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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney [has denounced](http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/?p=2993) 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](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6407) Governor Romney signed into law in Massachusetts.

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