Democratic Governors Association says Ramaswamy endorsed ripping away health care from millions of Ohioans
Democratic Governors AssociationPolitical organization of Democratic governors, through spokesperson Izzi Levy
The Democratic Governors Association, through spokesperson Izzi Levy, says Ramaswamy endorsed ripping away health care from millions of Ohioans who get care from Medicaid and Medicare and is unqualified to serve as governor.
“Vivek Ramaswamy didn't even need to think twice before endorsing ripping away health care from millions of Ohioans who get care from Medicaid and Medicare”
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Vivek Ramaswamy said in 2024 that Medicare and Medicaid were mistakes; Amy Acton campaigns on the remark, and his campaign calls the attacks cherry-picked
In an October 2024 episode of The Ezra Klein Show, before he ran for Ohio governor, Vivek Ramaswamy was asked whether Medicare and Medicaid were mistakes and answered, 'I believe they were,' adding 'particularly Medicaid' and the welfare state without work requirements. In the same answer he said Medicare and Social Security belong in a different category. After a clip of the exchange circulated in January 2026, Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor, and the Democratic Governors Association said he wanted to take health care from Ohioans. His campaign called Acton's attacks 'blatantly dishonest' and based on 'a cherry-picked 30 seconds from an 80-minute interview.'
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Democratic Governors Association release on Ramaswamy's Ezra Klein Show remark, with a statement from DGA spokesperson Izzi Levy.
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The DGA release says that in newly unearthed footage first shared by MeidasTouch, Ramaswamy said he believed Medicare and Medicaid were a mistake.
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The release says that getting rid of Medicaid and Medicare would take away health care from millions, and Levy adds that Ramaswamy is reminding Ohioans why he is totally unqualified to serve as governor.
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The case concerns Ramaswamy's 2024 answer that Medicare and Medicaid were mistakes. The DGA treats that answer as endorsing the removal of health care from millions of Ohioans and says it shows he is unqualified to be governor, which condemns it.
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Read the full caseAmy Acton calls Medicare and Medicaid lifelines for millions of Ohioans
“Let me be clear: these programs are lifelines for millions of Ohioans.”Read statement
Ramaswamy's campaign calls Acton's attacks over the remark cherry-picked and blatantly dishonest
“attacks from Amy Acton, based on a cherry-picked 30 seconds from an 80-minute interview, are blatantly dishonest, but sadly typical of politics practiced by a government insider who is desperate to preserve the status quo.”Read statement
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