Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will outline his plan to repeal the nation's health care law, in a major speech on Thursday that's sure to recall one of his own political liabilities.

As Massachusetts governor, Romney signed into law a health care plan that required most residents to obtain insurance coverage -- a mandate that's similar to the one contained in the federal law signed by Obama that Romney says he wants to overturn.

Obama has cited the Massachusetts law as an inspiration for the federal law that's been lambasted by nearly all the GOP hopefuls who want his job.

Romney will outline his principles for health care legislation Thursday at the University of Michigan's Cardiovascular Center. A media advisory from his campaign says he will discuss:

Restoring to states the responsibility and resources to care for the poor, uninsured and chronically ill.

A tax deduction for people who buy their own insurance.

Streamlining federal regulations of health care.

Reducing the influence of medical malpractice lawsuits and their costs.

Making the health care market "more like a consumer market and less like a government program."

During a speech in New Hampshire in March, Romney defended the Massachusetts health care law as something that was "unique" to address the Bay State's issues.

"What we did was what the Consitution intended for states to do," he said. "My experience taught me that states are where health care programs for the uninsured should be crafted, just as the Constitution provides."

In a speech to a Las Vegas audience in April, Romney joked that he wished Obama would have called him before signing what he and other Republicans deride as "Obamacare."

"Why didn't you ask me what was wrong?" Romney asked, according to Politico.