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RomneyCare
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Romneycare
English
Alternative forms
en Romneycare
Etymology
en Romney healthcare Mitt Romney or en Medicare and likely influenced by the term en ObamaCare. Although the 2006 Massachusetts Law signed by then-governor Mitt Romney predated the 2010 United States Federal Law signed by President Barack Obama, the term RomneyCare was not commonly used until after the term ObamaCare was in wide use.
Proper noun
en US politics neologism chiefly pejorative Healthcare plans instituted by the state of Massachusetts under the governorship of Mitt Romney, which provided for complete coverage of all citizens of the Commonwealth, and included an individual mandate to purchase health insurance for those able to pay.
See also
en HillaryCare
en ObamaCare
en eponyms