Heartland Signal: Ohio Sen. Jon Husted on fighting to weaken Medicaid: ‘I love doing that kind of stuff’

Heartland Signal: Ohio Sen. Jon Husted on fighting to weaken Medicaid: 'I love doing that kind of stuff'

November 12, 2025

Columbus, Ohio - New reporting reveals that Jon Husted is bragging after voting for health care cuts that will strip coverage from nearly half a million Ohioans and put eleven rural hospitals on the brink of closure.

Husted called the devastating cuts "purposeful" and said he "loves doing that kind of stuff," even as families, seniors, and rural communities across Ohio face losing life saving health care.

See for yourself:

Heartland Signal: Ohio Sen. Jon Husted on fighting to weaken Medicaid: 'I love doing that kind of stuff'

• While speaking to WTVN 610 news host Mark Blazor last month, Husted reiterated his support for Medicaid cuts in the bill, calling them "purposeful."

• "[We put] work requirements under the Medicaid program for able-bodied, healthy adults to try to restore the sanctity of that program and the work ethic for America," Husted said on the Columbus, Ohio radio show. "These things are purposeful, Chuck [sic]. So I love fighting for those things. I love doing that kind of stuff."

• In practice, Trump's reconciliation package, also known as the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act," represents the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history.

• These cuts will also have a negative impact on hundreds of rural hospitals, many of which rely on Medicaid funding to operate. Eleven of these hospitals are located in Ohio.

• Husted's office did not respond to a request to comment and elaborate on his voting record.

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