As a doctor, I’ve seen firsthand how important it is that Ohioans can both access and afford the care they need — and how right now, that simply isn’t the case for so many people in our state. Ohioans are struggling; more than 160,000 people dropped their healthcare coverage through the ACA since 2025, 11 rural hospitals are at risk of closure, and prescription drug prices are rising.
As governor, I will protect against attacks on Medicaid and Medicare from Columbus and Washington by helping Ohioans enroll and stay on Medicaid by eliminating unnecessary red tape, shortening approval wait times and eliminating the waste, fraud and abuse that drives up costs and jeopardizes Ohioans’ care.
I’ll reduce prescription drug prices by launching Ohio Rx, an online platform that will leverage Ohio’s purchasing power from its Medicaid single pharmacy benefit manager to drive down drug prices for all Ohioans. I will also push to require that out-of-pocket purchases for medication counts towards Ohioans’ health insurance deductibles.
Too many Ohioans are facing skyrocketing insurance premiums, and having to choose between putting other necessities on hold or forgoing insurance altogether. As governor, I will work to bring far more transparency to insurance and hospital pricing, lower healthcare premiums in the process, and support small businesses in covering their employees. I will strengthen Ohio’s efforts to crack down on surprise billing and build on the bipartisan effort to end predatory collection practices that only hurt Ohio families.
We are all just one healthcare disaster away from losing everything. No one should go bankrupt because of a necessary medical procedure, but I’ve heard far too many stories from Ohioans who have experienced this.
Medical debt is the leading form of consumer debt. On my first day in office, I’ll direct our state to work to relieve medical debt for pennies on the dollar to give our families some breathing room and the fresh start they need.