Husted betrayed Ohioans by voting for a bill that is estimated to kick 17 million American off their health insurance, including nearly 12 million Americans who rely on Medicaid. Despite claiming that the bill wouldn’t cut anyone's benefits and that it was a “pro-family” bill, over 340,000 Ohioans could lose their health insurance as a result of his vote. If it was up to Husted than the cuts would’ve been deeper.
2025: Husted Voted For Tax Breaks, Appropriated $448 Billion In Defense, Border, And Immigration Enforcement Funding, Increased The SALT Deduction To $40,000, And Cut Medicaid And Other Social Programs To Offset The Costs. In July 2025, Husted voted for, according to Congressional Quarterly, “the bill, as amended, that would permanently extend nearly $4 trillion in expiring individual and business tax cuts, create several new tax breaks and fund border and immigration enforcement and air traffic control upgrades. It would cut Medicaid and other safety net programs to partly offset the cost. Among other provisions, it would raise the statutory debt ceiling by $5 trillion and appropriate more than $448 billion in mandatory funding for Trump administration priorities and other needs, including $153 billion for defense, $89 billion for immigration enforcement, and $89.5 billion for border control and security. It also would increase the state and local tax deduction cap to $40,000 annually for five years for households making up to $500,000 a year until 2030, when it would permanently revert to $10,000.” The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 50 to 50 with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. [Senate Vote 372, 7/1/25; Congressional Quarterly, 7/1/25; Congressional Actions, H.R. 1]
Husted Claimed That The Bill Would “Make America Safer, Stronger, And More Prosperous.” According to a press release from Senator Jon Husted, “Today is good news for Ohioans who want to keep more of the money they earn, have access to good jobs, run successful small businesses, live in communities that are protected by a secure border and see America reassert itself as the most confident nation with the strongest military in the world. This bill will make America safer, stronger and more prosperous.” [Press Release – Senator Jon Husted, 7/1/25]
Husted Claimed That The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Was The “Most Pro-Family, Working-Class Bill OF The 21st Century.” According to Signal Akron, “‘If we want to do ‘Made in America,’ we have to encourage people to invest, do research and development, and do manufacturing here,’ he said. ‘I think it’s the most pro-family, working-class bill of the 21st century because it eliminates tax on tips, eliminates tax on overtime and provides a $2,200 per-child tax credit.’” [Signal Akron, 8/15/25]
[AUDIO] Husted Claimed That The OBBB Didn’t Cut The Deficit “Nearly Enough.” “Well, in the One Big Beautiful Bill that actually cut the deficit. You look at it, it cut the deficit not by nearly enough, but it cuts the deficit. And by the way, what we're talking about now,” [Strictly Speaking with Bob Frantz, 10/02/25]
Husted Claimed That Medicaid Reform Would Reduce Costs In The Long Run. According to the Washington Examiner, “‘The growth is necessary. If you really want to crash the debt, slow the economy down, and that’s what you’ll have problems with,’ Husted said. ‘And this reforms things like Medicaid, saying that if you’re a healthy adult who doesn’t have young children and you’re receiving these generous tax benefits, well, you know what? You’re going to have to work in return for those benefits now. Illegals who are here taking Medicaid, you’re not going to get those benefits anymore. All of those things help reduce costs in the long run and help reduce the deficit.’” [Washington Examiner, 6/29/25]
Husted Claimed That The Bill Wouldn’t Cut People’s Benefits and Would Instead Preserve People’s Benefits. According to ABC 6, “‘We hope more people will go to work and not be on government benefits, but be on private insurance,’ he said. ‘We hope that will create some savings. It is also no longer going to fund higher rates for illegal immigrants who are getting into this country, who are not citizens, who are taking more and more of the share of the Medicaid dollars that we spend. That's where any cost savings we're going to get are largely going to come from. But it's not by cutting benefits off anyone. That's not the case. We are preserving benefits for people through this bill. But we have to address the cost; we have to get to this, and everybody needs to be at the table to help.’” [ABC 6, 7/2/25]
Headline: Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt All Ohioans, Economists Say [Ohio Capital Journal, 8/7/25]
Headline: Under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Ohio To Lose $33 Billion For Medicaid; 340,000 To Lose Insurance, Analysts Say [Signal Ohio, 10/15/25]
17 Million Americans Could Result Lose Their Health Coverage As A Result Of The “One Big Beautiful Bill.” According to the Washington Post, “ The Senate version of President Donald Trump’s massive tax and immigration spending plan would wipe out many of the strides made by the Affordable Care Act in reducing the number of uninsured Americans, resulting in at least 17 million Americans losing their health coverage, according to nonpartisan estimates and experts.” [Washington Post, 7/1/25]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Was Expected To Slash $33 Billion In Federal Medicaid Funds Earmarked For Ohio. According to Signal Ohio, “The Trump administration’s signature health care package is projected to slash $33 billion over the coming decade in federal funds otherwise earmarked for Ohio’s Medicaid program, according to new estimates. That’s a 13% cut against the current spending baseline for Medicaid, the publicly funded health insurance program for the poor and disabled.” [Signal Ohio, 10/15/25]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Was Expected To Kick 340,000 Ohioans From Medicaid. According to Signal Ohio, “ This sweeping spending bill is expected to purge 340,000 Ohioans from Medicaid, which covers more than 3 million residents in the state, and public health exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. That’s according to Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health policy and data for KFF, a health policy research organization, who spoke at a panel event last Thursday hosted by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio. ‘Of those, 290,000 will lose coverage because of the Medicaid changes,’ Tolbert said.” [Signal Ohio, 10/15/25]