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Brags About Bill Cutting Health Care for 490,000 Ohioans

Columbus, Ohio — Today, Jon Husted traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to pose for a photo op while Ohio families continue to struggle with rising costs. During his visit, Husted bragged about passing the largest tax cut in history for billionaires and corporations while cutting health care for 490,000 Ohioans. 

Meanwhile, Husted has refused to help Ohioans struggling with skyrocketing health care premiums, grocery prices, and utility bills. Instead, he has dismissed the mounting affordability crisis across the state and told Ohioans to simply “earn more” money.

Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:

“While Jon Husted poses for photo ops, Ohioans are still waiting for relief from skyrocketing health care premiums, grocery prices, and utility bills. Senator Husted has plenty of time to brag about passing tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, but won’t lift a finger to help families here in Ohio.”

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Husted’s Solution to Affordability Crisis: ‘Earn More’ Money

Columbus, Ohio — Today, Jon Husted voted in support of the Administration’s military actions in Venezuela, backing an expensive foreign intervention that risks American lives while padding the pockets of big oil companies.

Meanwhile, Husted has refused to help Ohioans struggling with skyrocketing health care premiums, grocery bills, and utility costs. Instead, he has dismissed the mounting affordability crisis and told Ohioans to simply “earn more” money.

Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:

“Ohioans are struggling to afford everything from health care to groceries to utility bills, but Jon Husted would rather risk American lives overseas to pad the pockets of big oil companies than lift a finger to help. Ohio families need a Senator focused on their everyday lives — not enabling a costly and unnecessary foreign war.”

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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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Columbus, Ohio – Vivek Ramaswamy has had a bad few months.

First, he’s continuing to take heat from Ohioans who won’t forget he called them “lazy” and “mediocre” in a bizarre rant. 

Following pressure from Ohioans of all political stripes, he withdrew at the last minute from a scheduled speech at a conference that advocated for the outsourcing of American jobs, and has avoided questions about why he accepted the invitation in the first place.

Then after claiming “you’re not fit to lead” if you can’t handle the comments on social media, he penned a pathetic op-ed in the WSJ claiming he was giving up Twitter and Instagram. 

Even something as simple as a policy proposal has been embarrassing for Ramaswamy, like when he released a proposal so bad his own supporters desperately hoped it was AI. He even took home an award for Worst Use of Social Media for his video that turned out to be 100% real.

“Vivek Ramaswamy’s decision to pick an LG who is one of the faces of corruption in Columbus will do nothing to rehab his flailing campaign and is evidence that he will continue the same failed policies that have made life unaffordable for so many Ohioans,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer.

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Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio cities rank among the most medically expensive, analysis finds

Columbus, Ohio — With the Affordable Care Act tax credits now expired, health care costs are set to skyrocket across Ohio — the direct result of Jon Husted’s votes against lower premiums. 

Last year, Husted voted nine times against lowering health care premiums for Ohio families. Because of Husted’s votes, an estimated 583,000 Ohioans are now bracing for massive premium increases in 2026, with many facing costs that could double or even triple. 

Read more about Husted’s Health Care Crisis:

Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio cities rank among the most medically expensive, analysis finds

• As Americans struggle to afford groceries and utilities, a new study finds that three Ohio cities are among the most expensive for another essential — medical care. 

• Cleveland, Toledo and Cincinnati are in the top 11 in terms of how big a bite medical expenses take out of their incomes, according to a WalletHub analysis of the 100 largest American cities.

• Cleveland had the dubious distinction of coming in second, with medical costs making up 11.35% of median monthly household income. 

• Toledo came in fourth on the list, with medical costs making up 11.03% of median monthly income, and Cincinnati was 11th, at 8.98%.

Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio doc, colleagues bash GOP senators for failing to stop insurance hikes

• It now seems nearly inevitable that health insurance costs will spike at the end of the month for nearly 600,000 Ohioans and 23 million Americans. An Ohio family doctor and colleagues in other states are blasting Republicans in Congress for not doing more to stop it.

• Subsidies for health care purchased on exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act are set to expire Jan. 1, causing health expenses to more than double for millions.

• “Without the ACA tax credits, they just can’t make health care work in their budget. So they’ll put off screenings… they won’t just split pills, they won’t take them at all,” said Catherine Romanos, a Columbus family doctor.

• “Here in Ohio, our senators, Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno, voted against helping Ohioans afford health insurance,” Romanos said.

• “They voted to let premiums skyrocket. Earlier this year, senators Moreno and Husted voted to give tax breaks to billionaires, but I guess health care for working families is just too expensive. What a slap in the face for my patients.”

• Husted’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment. 

Dayton Daily News: Area people brace for loss of health care government subsidies in the Marketplace

• As lawmakers debate whether or not to extend the COVID-era enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace, local residents who get their health insurance through the Marketplace are preparing to pay double of what they had been paying for insurance, or even forgoing it altogether.

• If Congress doesn’t pass a deal to extend the enhanced premium tax credits, Marketplace premiums on average could more than double, according to a KFF analysis.

• One local resident is seeing her premium go up by more than nine times what she paid this year.

• For the first year, Kalbfleisch paid about $75 a month for insurance through the Marketplace, and it went down in 2025 to about $26 a month after her husband died.

• For 2026, her health insurance is going to go to $254 a month, Kalbfleisch said.

• “I’ll just have to take it out of savings because I only get so much in Social Security a month,” Kalbfleisch said. “Every month I will have to pull from savings to make that payment.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Husted and Moreno tone-deaf about coming harm to seniors from soaring drug premiums

• Sens. Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno, your refusal to address the expiration of Affordable Care Act credits means my husband’s and my monthly prescription drug premiums are more than doubling (up to $1,083.60 from $483.60).

• We are senior citizens on a fixed income; these increases will negatively impact us.

• You’re oblivious to our everyday lives, seemingly caring only about the millionaires and billionaires to whom you cater.

• Actions speak louder than words. Your actions inflicting pain far outweigh your alleged concerns. 

• Your comment, Mr. Husted, to simply “earn more,” as you were quoted on Fox Business, is a tone-deaf response to those of us who worked our entire adult lives and are now retired.

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