Ohio Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton makes pitch for addressing health care costs

By: Nick Evans

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 1,013

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Ohio Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Amy Acton said Tuesday that she’ll bring a whole-of-government approach to dealing with rising health care costs if she’s elected.

She also took Republican frontrunner Vivek Ramaswamy to task over past comments about health care programs.

Rising costs, declining coverage

The physician and former state health department director said “everywhere I go, people are talking about the cost of everyday life. Ninety five percent of what I’m hearing is …

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