BILL ALERT: Jon Husted Still Refuses to Support Bipartisan Push to Lower Health Care Costs
January 8, 2026
House to Vote on Bipartisan Proposal Today
Columbus, Ohio — Jon Husted is still refusing to support extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits and lowering health care costs for more than half a million Ohioans — even as the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote today on a bipartisan discharge petition to advance the proposal.
Despite bipartisan support in the House and Senate, Husted voted nine times last year against lowering health care premiums for Ohio families. Because of Husted’s votes, health care costs have skyrocketed for an estimated 583,000 Ohioans.
Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:
“It’s 2026, but the question remains: why won’t Jon Husted get on board with lowering health care costs for Ohio families? He’s voted nine times to make health care more expensive, and now more than half a million Ohioans will see skyrocketing premiums because he refused to help.”
Read more about Jon Husted’s health care crisis:
- Jon Husted has voted 9 times against lowering premium costs for Ohio families and claimed the ACA tax credits have done “nothing to drive down the cost of health care.”
- When asked how best to help working families afford health insurance, Jon Husted said the ACA tax credits were “not the way to go about it.”
- More than half a million Ohioans will see their healthcare premiums get more expensive or risk losing coverage entirely if Jon Husted allows tax credits that help families afford coverage to expire at the end of the month.
- Ohio families could see their premiums increase by an average of $804 a year because Jon Husted is refusing to take action to extend the ACA tax credits.
- The average 60-year-old couple could see a $1,300 increase in their premiums on average. That’s an entire paycheck for most Ohioans.
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