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September 29, 2026
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Thirteen issue stories, still no answers: Vivek Ramaswamy refuses to answer any policy questions
“The only candidate that is actually saying anything concrete… is Amy Acton…”
CLEVELAND, OH– Yesterday, Cleveland.com’s Today in Ohio podcast highlighted billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy’s “pattern” of “silence” when it comes to answering any basic policy questions on how he would improve the lives of Ohioans, marked by his refusal to respond to questions on how he would fix Ohio’s healthcare crisis. The hosts noted the clear “contrast” with Dr. Amy Acton, who is “consistently offering substantive responses,” especially on healthcare, where she has outlined plans to protect Medicaid, eliminate medical debt, and lower the cost of prescription drugs.
READ: Thirteen issue stories, still no answers: What would Vivek Ramaswamy actually do?
- How many times can a candidate for governor refuse to explain how he would govern before voters decide the silence is an answer of its own?
- …The latest unanswered questions for Vivek Ramaswamy — this time about healthcare — added to a pattern they have repeatedly criticized on Today in Ohio.
- By Garvin’s count, reporter Jeremy Pelzer’s series asking Ohio’s gubernatorial candidates about specific issues had reached its 13th installment.
- Ramaswamy still wasn’t answering. And Quinn argued that the problem extends beyond refusing to speak with Cleveland.com.
- “We should point out it’s not that he’s just ignoring us,” Quinn said. “He’s putting nothing out there that’s useful.”
- The healthcare questions were practical ones: How would the candidates make care more affordable and accessible? Would they change Medicaid? How would they prevent people from losing coverage under federal changes? What would they do about prescription prices and the cost and availability of nursing home care?
- That left Quinn asking why a candidate seeking control of state government would not tell Ohioans directly what he intends to do.
- “I don’t know why Ramaswamy isn’t offering something to the people of Ohio about what he would do, and he just refuses,” he said.
- Garvin questioned whether Ramaswamy’s television advertising fills that gap. She described testimonials crediting him with helping people facing cancer, without explaining what that help involved.
- Quinn’s frustration was sharpened by the contrast with Democrat Amy Acton, whom he credited with consistently offering substantive responses.
- “The only candidate who is actually saying anything concrete, whether you agree with what she says or not, is Amy Acton,” he said. “She is coming up with concrete answers every time we do this.”
- Garvin outlined some of those answers: protecting Medicaid expansion, using state money to pay qualifying residents’ medical debt and creating an online platform called OhioRx to help people find cheaper prescriptions.
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