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Vance-backed Ohio GOP seeks $3.1B Medicaid cut, critics decry.

5/20/2026

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Ohio GOP candidates have made Vice President JD Vance’s anti-Medicaid fraud push a centerpiece, proposing a waiver overhaul to save $3.1 billion.
Vance directed his anti-Medicaid fraud task force to target Ohio, while nominee Vivek Ramaswamy urged a Tennessee-style waiver renegotiation and officials reported 2,300 indictments, 2,200 convictions and $644 million recovered since 2011.
Critics note the 2025 disbanding of the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee and label Ramaswamy’s plan a “scam”.

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Story summary

Ohio GOP candidates have made Vice President JD Vance’s anti-Medicaid fraud push a centerpiece, proposing a waiver overhaul to save $3.1 billion.
Vance directed his anti-Medicaid fraud task force to target Ohio, while nominee Vivek Ramaswamy urged a Tennessee-style waiver renegotiation and officials reported 2,300 indictments, 2,200 convictions and $644 million recovered since 2011.
Critics note the 2025 disbanding of the Joint Medicaid Oversight Committee and label Ramaswamy’s plan a “scam”.