ICYMI: ‘Husted Said People He Kicked Off Medicaid Didn’t Deserve To Be Enrolled’

ICYMI: 'Husted Said People He Kicked Off Medicaid Didn't Deserve To Be Enrolled'

May 27, 2026

COLUMBUS, OHIO - In case you missed it, Jon Husted said in an interview last week that the half a million Ohioans he voted to kick off their health care didn't deserve to be enrolled.

Husted's comments continue his long trend of insulting hardworking Ohioans who are getting crushed by soaring costs caused by policies he supports:

• When asked what he was doing to address soaring gas prices for his constituents, Husted responded: "What do you want me to do?"

• Husted said struggling Ohioans are "not very experienced at navigating the real world" and consistently dismisses the mounting affordability crisis by telling Ohioans to fix their "work ethic" and to simply "earn more" money to make ends meet.

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

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Meidas News: Husted Said People He Kicked Off Medicaid Didn't Deserve To Be Enrolled

• Republican Senator Jon Husted voted for Trump's One Big Beautiful Budget bill which threw half-a-million people off of Medicaid in his state of Ohio, then he said those who lost their healthcare access didn't deserve to be on the program in the first place. He later reiterated his support for kicking people off their healthcare by saying on a radio interview, "I love doing that kind of stuff."

• In a May 2026 interview with Daily Wire, Husted said, "it's not people who deserve Medicaid" that were kicked off the program.

• "In the Working Family Tax Cut Plan, we said, 'okay, we're going to require states to more frequently check the eligibility of people on Medicaid.'" Husted said. "Why? Because we know when they do, that you see a drop in the number of people on Medicaid."

• "They said we're cutting Medicaid because we're eliminating fraud. That's the difference between how they view this and how we view this. We put a provision in there. We're requiring the states to do this. You're going to see, you're already seeing, a drop in the number of quote, 'people on Medicaid.' Well, it's not people that deserve Medicaid, it's people who are illegally on Medicaid that are not eligible for Medicaid."

• In a radio interview in November 2025, Husted reiterated his support for using Trump's budget bill to cut Medicaid, saying he loves "doing that kind of stuff."

• "'[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. "These things are purposeful. So I love fighting for those things. I love doing that kind of stuff."

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