Ohio’s health-care pain could tilt the midterm map for Democrats

Democrats in Ohio see rising health-care costs and looming Medicaid/ACA funding changes as a potential opening to gain power, campaigning in rural and Trump-voting areas with proposals to restore ACA subsidies, bargain drug prices, and forgive medical debt amid hospital closures and higher bills; Republicans focus on fraud crackdown and program integrity, but voters’ anxiety over coverage and costs is driving a broader health-care narrative ahead of the midterms.