OH-GOV: Ramaswamy vows Medicaid fraud crackdown, but his running mate helped end Ohio's Medicaid Oversight
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) has shifted his stance on Medicaid this month. The Republican vowed to root out fraud in the health insurance program, even though his running mate, state Senate Majority Leader Rob McColley (R-Napoleon), was key in dissolving a committee charged with watching over the program.
During a May 19 press conference, Ramaswamy, McColley and House Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said rooting out Medicaid fraud would be a top priority if Ramaswamy is elected governor in 2026. Yet, despite McColley and Huffman have significant power over Ohio’s checks and balances in the state government, they blamed outgoing Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and his administration for recent reports from The Daily Wire about rampant Medicaid fraud in the state.
They also took aim at DeWine’s former Director of Medicaid Maureen Corcoran, who resigned last September.
“In the current situation, the now former director ran this department for six or seven years,” Huffman said. “Those decisions that she [Corcoran] was making internally allowed many of the things to happen that were just described to you and scores of other things.”
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