Election 2026

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Issue record

Health insurance and drug costs

In short

Brown's campaign would stop insurers denying care doctors call needed and drug makers charging Americans more than other countries. Husted's office backs his ACA tax credit and over-the-counter drug bills; Levy's campaign wants single-payer care, and Redpath's wants Medicare to pay enrollees in cash. Brown voted for the 2022 law capping Medicare insulin costs. Husted's tax credit bill was blocked and he voted against debating another; his drug bill became law inside a funding act.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Sherrod Brown

His campaign says insurers should be banned from denying care a patient's doctor says is needed and fined for denying claims, and that drug companies should not be allowed to charge Americans more than people in other countries.

Jon Husted

His office says his Accountability for Better Care Act would extend the enhanced ACA premium tax credits for two years with changes to reduce fraud and lower premiums, and promotes his over-the-counter drug bill as making medicines more affordable.

Greg Levy

His platform calls for a universal single-payer health system, free at the point of use.

William B. Redpath

His campaign says Medicare should pay enrollees in cash rather than paying providers, with more for those with lower lifetime incomes and worse health, and that Medicaid should pass to the states as federal subsidies phase out over ten years.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

    He filed a bill to extend the credits to 2028 and asked the Senate to pass it, which was blocked; the next day he voted against debating a different bill to extend them.

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    His office says he brought his bill to extend the enhanced ACA premium tax credits for two years, with reforms, to the Senate floor for passage by unanimous consent, and that it was blocked. He introduced S. 3391, the Accountability for Better Care Act of 2025, on December 9, 2025; its text moves the end of the enhanced premium tax credits from the start of 2026 to the start of 2028. On December 10 he asked unanimous consent that it be passed, and an objection was heard (Congressional Record, page S8598). The next day he voted Yea on cloture on proceeding to S. 3386, a bill to give certain enrollees a health savings account contribution, and Nay on cloture on proceeding to S. 3385, a bill to extend the enhanced credit; both failed, 51 to 48 (Roll Calls 643 and 644). Limit: The record bears out what his office describes: his bill, his request and the objection. It also shows that the next day he voted against beginning debate on a different bill to extend the same credits, which the release does not mention. A vote against proceeding to one bill is not a vote against extending the credits in every form.

  2. official action

    Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

    His bill's text, with some wording changes, became law as one section of a November 2025 funding act rather than as a bill of its own.

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    His office says his bipartisan SMART OTC Act was signed into law, making it easier for families to get more affordable over-the-counter medicines. He introduced S. 2529 on July 30, 2025, with Senator Hassan; it sets a process for meetings with the Food and Drug Administration before an application to switch a drug from prescription to over-the-counter status. The bill was referred to committee, and its text was enacted, with some changes in wording, as section 6507 of Public Law 119-37, the continuing appropriations act signed on November 12, 2025; the meeting-request provision is word for word the same in both. Limit: It became law as one section of a funding act, not as a bill of its own, and some wording changed on the way. The introduced bill carries no short title; SMART OTC Act is his office's name for it. Whether the change makes medicines more affordable is a prediction the record does not test.

  3. official action

    Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

    He backed the $10 billion-a-year fund's law. Hospital chiefs thanked him and Moreno for funding work without naming this fund; his role in its negotiations is unestablished.

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    His office says he fought to support the creation of the Rural Health Transformation Fund. Section 71401 of Public Law 119-21 created the Rural Health Transformation Program and appropriated $10,000,000,000 a year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for allotments to states. He voted Yea on the law's Senate passage (Roll Call 372). On July 2, 2025, the chief executives of four rural Ohio health systems wrote to him and Senator Bernie Moreno thanking them for "tireless work behind the scenes" to direct funding to Ohio's rural hospitals; the letter does not name the fund. After the law was enacted, his office says, he led a letter from Ohio's congressional delegation on December 19, 2025 supporting the state's application to the fund. Limit: He voted for the law that created the fund, which is one section of it. The hospital chiefs' letter thanks him for work on rural hospital funding but does not name the fund. The delegation letter came after the fund existed. What he did in the talks, which "fought" describes, is not something a roll call records.

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    Sherrod Brown: Matches stated record claim

    He voted for the 2022 law that capped insulin costs under Medicare, which passed on a 50-50 tie broken by the Vice President; a wider $35 cap he backed failed.

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    His campaign says he successfully fought to cap the cost of insulin and to reduce the price of other prescription drugs for Ohio seniors. He voted Yea on Senate passage of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, in the sitting of August 6, 2022, which ran into August 7; the Senate divided 50 to 50 and the Vice President's vote carried it (Roll Call 325). It became Public Law 117-169. Section 11406 sets cost-sharing for insulin under Medicare Part D, and section 11001 begins Medicare negotiation of prices for certain high-priced drugs. In the same sitting he voted Yea to keep a wider $35 insulin cap, which Senator Murray said would help "not just seniors but workers and students"; it got 57 votes, short of the 60 needed, and the language was struck (Roll Call 314). In 2022 he also cosponsored Senator Raphael Warnock's Affordable Insulin Now Act, S. 3700, which would have limited what patients pay for insulin in private health plans as well as Medicare; it did not pass. Limit: The cap that became law applies to Medicare, which is what "for Ohio seniors" says; the wider cap he also voted for failed. The bill passed on an evenly divided vote, so each of the fifty votes for it was needed. What a senator did beyond voting, which "fought" implies, is not something a roll call records.

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Sources20 source records

How we use sources

  1. Our Fighthttps://www.sherrodbrown.com/our-fight/

    Friends of Sherrod Brown · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The site's only issues page: health insurance, drug prices, data centers, utility rates, and congressional stock trading and lobbying. Its lines about his opponent are out of scope here.

    candidate statement

    For: Sherrod Brown: campaign position

  2. Husted bill to extend ACA premium tax credits and cut health care costs for Ohio families blocked from passagehttps://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/husted-bill-to-extend-aca-premium-tax-credits-and-cut-health-care-costs-for-ohio-families-blocked-from-passage/

    Office of Senator Jon Husted · Published Dec 10, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Released by his Senate office. Claims are the office's own and are attributed, not independently verified.

    candidate statement

    For: Jon Husted: campaign position; Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  3. Husted in Cleveland with health care providers, working familieshttps://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/husted-in-cleveland-with-health-care-providers-working-families/

    Office of Senator Jon Husted · Published Jul 24, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Released by his Senate office. Claims are the office's own and are attributed, not independently verified.

    candidate statement

    For: Jon Husted: campaign position; Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  4. Our Platformhttps://www.greg4senate.com/platform

    Greg Levy for Senate · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. A 2,836-word platform, the whole of his issue material.

    candidate statement

    For: Greg Levy: campaign position

  5. What I Stand Forhttps://billredpath.com/faq/

    Redpath for US Senate Committee · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The site's issues page, served at /faq/: Iran, tariffs, immigration, the debt and entitlements, federal spending, taxes and electoral reform.

    candidate statement

    For: William B. Redpath: campaign position

  6. S. 3391, Accountability for Better Care Act of 2025, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3391

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Jon Husted, introduced December 9, 2025; referred to the Finance Committee. Its text moves the end of the enhanced premium tax credits from the start of 2026 to the start of 2028.

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  7. Unanimous consent request, S. 3391https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2025-12-10/CREC-2025-12-10-pt1-PgS8598

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Page S8598 of December 10, 2025: his request that the Finance Committee be discharged and S. 3391 passed, the objection of the Senator from Wisconsin, and the chair's "Objection is heard."

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  8. Senate Roll Call 643 (119th Congress), cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3386https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2025-12-11

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Yeas 51, nays 48; cloture needed 60 and was not invoked. S. 3386 would provide a health savings account contribution to certain enrollees. Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.

    official legislative record

    Senate Roll Call 644 (119th Congress), cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 3385

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Yeas 51, nays 48; cloture needed 60 and was not invoked. S. 3385 would extend the enhanced premium tax credit. Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  9. S. 2529, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2529

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Jon Husted, introduced July 30, 2025 with Senator Hassan; referred to the HELP Committee. The introduced text carries no short title; his office calls it the SMART OTC Act.

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  10. Public Law 119-37, continuing appropriations and extensions act for fiscal year 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ37

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Enacted from H.R. 5371 on November 12, 2025. Section 6507 carries the text of S. 2529 on applications to switch drugs from prescription to over-the-counter status, with some changes in wording; its meeting-request provision is word for word the bill's.

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  11. Husted, Dr. Oz visit Ohio rural hospital to discuss health carehttps://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/husted-dr-oz-visit-ohio-rural-hospital-to-discuss-health-care/

    Office of Senator Jon Husted · Published May 26, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Released by his Senate office. Claims are the office's own and are attributed, not independently verified. Says he led a letter from Ohio's congressional delegation on December 19, 2025 supporting Ohio's application to the fund.

    candidate statement

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  12. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, 119th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ21

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Approved July 4, 2025. The act has no short title. Sections used: 70104 (child tax credit to $2,200), 70201 and 70202 (deductions for qualified tips, capped at $25,000, and qualified overtime, capped at $12,500 or $25,000 on a joint return, both reduced above $150,000 of modified adjusted gross income ($300,000 on a joint return) and ending after 2028), 70402 (up to $5,000 of the adoption credit refundable) and 71401 (Rural Health Transformation Program, $10,000,000,000 a year for fiscal years 2026 to 2030).

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  13. Senate Roll Call 372 (119th Congress), H.R. 1, on passage as amendedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2025-06-30

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Yeas 50, nays 50, with the Vice President presiding and casting the deciding vote; the bill passed. The Record prints this sitting under June 30, 2025; it ran into July 1. Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.

    official legislative record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  14. Letter from four rural Ohio health-system chief executives to Senators Moreno and Hustedhttps://www.moreno.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/rural-hospital-letter-OBBB.jpeg

    Office of Senator Bernie Moreno · Published Jul 2, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    An image of the letter dated July 2, 2025, posted by Senator Moreno's office and linked from Husted's release of the same day; signed by the chief executives of Memorial Health System, Genesis Health System, Adena Health System and Southern Ohio Medical Center. It thanks the two senators for work "to secure these outcomes" for rural hospitals and does not name the Rural Health Transformation Program. Retrieved September 23, 2026, sha256 3663a61de7adc86e948235ed41fb6cdc63af642bf290416cc99eb676e78bf317. An image cannot be text-checked by script; its wording is checked through Husted's release, which quotes it.

    official office record

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  15. Ohio rural health systems thank Husted, Moreno for "tireless work" securing billions in new fundinghttps://www.husted.senate.gov/media/press-releases/ohio-rural-health-systems-thank-husted-moreno-for-tireless-work-securing-billions-in-new-funding/

    Office of Senator Jon Husted · Published Jul 2, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Released by his Senate office. Claims are the office's own and are attributed, not independently verified. Relays and quotes a letter from rural Ohio health-system chief executives to him and Senator Bernie Moreno.

    candidate statement

    For: Jon Husted: Matches stated record claim

  16. Campaign home pagehttps://www.sherrodbrown.com/

    Friends of Sherrod Brown · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions and claims are attributed to the campaign, not independently verified facts. The biography section holds all of his claims about his own record. Its footer reads "Paid for by Friends of Sherrod Brown" and links his X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, YouTube and Bluesky accounts. The site's WordPress API refuses anonymous readers (HTTP 401), so pages were read as a reader reaches them.

    candidate statement

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated record claim

  17. Senate Roll Call 325 (117th Congress), H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act, on passagehttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2022-08-06

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Yeas 50, nays 50, with the Vice President presiding and casting the deciding vote; the bill passed. The Record prints this sitting under August 6, 2022; it ran into August 7. Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.

    official legislative record

    Senate Roll Call 314 (117th Congress), H.R. 5376, motion to waive the Budget Act for the wider insulin cap

    Congressional Record, U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Yeas 57, nays 43; the motion needed 60 and failed, so the language was struck. Just before it, Senator Graham raised a point of order against pages 744 to 755 of the substitute, and Senator Murray spoke for a $35 monthly cap for "not just seniors but workers and students". Read from the Record's printed roll call; the name blocks, block headers and announced tally all agree.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated record claim

  18. H.R. 5376, 117th Congress (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022)https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Became Public Law 117-169.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated record claim

  19. Public Law 117-169 (Inflation Reduction Act of 2022)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-117publ169

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Section 11406 sets cost-sharing for covered insulin products under Medicare Part D; section 11001 provides for lower prices for certain high-priced single-source drugs through Medicare negotiation.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated record claim

  20. S. 3700, Affordable Insulin Now Act, 117th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3700

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Sponsor: Raphael Warnock, introduced February 17, 2022. Brown a cosponsor from March 2, 2022, not an original one. Would have set cost-sharing limits for insulin under Medicare Part D and private health plans. Did not pass.

    official legislative record

    For: Sherrod Brown: Matches stated record claim