ICYMI: Husted Caught Lying About Impact of His Medicaid Cuts on Ohio

ICYMI: Husted Caught Lying About Impact of His Medicaid Cuts on Ohio

September 22, 2025

Husted: "Nobody is going to lose their Medicaid coverage in our state"

490,000 Ohioans will lose health coverage, according to expert analysis

Columbus, Ohio - In case you missed it, Senator Jon Husted was caught lying yesterday about the devastating consequences of the GOP's budget bill that will strip 490,000 Ohioans of their health care and put at least eleven rural Ohio hospitals at risk of closure.

See for yourself:

Husted: "That's not true for Ohio. Ohio hospitals are going to see record increases, and nobody is going to lose their Medicaid coverage in our state."

Interviewer: "So, no Ohioans would lose coverage because of this?"

Husted: "No."

Here's the truth:

• Senator Husted voted for cuts to healthcare funding including Medicaid that will cause 490,000 Ohioans to lose their health care coverage, according to Joint Economic Committee analysis.

• The bill has put eleven rural hospitals in Ohio at risk of closure.

• This week, Husted voted against permanently extending tax credits that millions of Americans rely on to afford their health insurance - which will cause premiums to increase by up to 93% and make health care more expensive for 500,000 Ohioans.

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• More than 3.2 million Ohioans, including 1.3 million children, are covered by Medicaid. In some Ohio legislative districts, as much as 38% of the population is covered by Medicaid. This translates to Medicaid being a significant portion of the payer mix of many Ohio health systems.

• The One Big Beautiful Bill will prevent President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts from expiring, essentially cutting taxes by approximately $4.5 trillion over the next 10 years. In order to cut taxes to this extent, $911 billion will need to be cut from Medicaid.

• In general, Medicaid helps enrollees access health care which makes it easier for them to work and meet their basic needs, including buying food and paying their rent or mortgage. Recent comments from Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, like ones he made in Akron on Aug. 14, would have us believe the opposite.

• These cuts to Medicaid have made the One Big Beautiful Bill deeply unpopular.

• If fully realized, these cuts to Medicaid will impact everyone. People who buy their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will see their premiums increase by at least 18%. People living in rural communities including pregnant women will have their ability to access health care limited. In the fallout of program cuts, 1 million people will lose their jobs, leading to an almost 1 percentage point increase in the national unemployment rate.

• Over 7 million people are expected to be uninsured because of these Medicaid cuts. When people lose their health insurance, they do not stop going to the emergency room. They delay getting the routine health care they need and then go to the ER when they are sicker and need resource-intensive care. Hospitals will experience not only a decrease in revenue but also an increase in uncompensated care as a result of cuts to Medicaid. Healthcare systems will respond by charging patients with commercial insurance more, increasing the cost of healthcare for everyone.

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