WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jon Husted delivered a detailed healthcare policy pitch in a Senate floor speech Thursday, outlining his approach to resolving a dispute over Affordable Care Act premium subsidies that was a sticking point during the 43-day government shutdown that ended earlier this month.

The Columbus-area Republican, who was appointed to fill Vice President JD Vance’s seat in January and must win a November 2026 special election to keep the job, focused on what he called a “fraud, freeze and fix approach” to healthcare reform, which he said could be paired with “a short extension of the premium subsidies” to address ACA shortcomings.

“I have been in the Senate less than a year, and I wasn’t here when Congress passed Obamacare or the Biden COVID subsidies that have been used to p

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