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YOUNGSTOWN — Tess Kovach today posted a line-by-line breakdown of what three area hospitals charge for the same routine procedure, with prices that varied by more than 300 percent. "If a garage charged you like this they'd be shut down," Kovach said. "I posted every line item. Read it yourself, then ask the incumbent why he voted to keep it hidden."
After a summer of record profit margins in the food supply chain, Kovach called for a public audit of price-setting. "Your cart got smaller and their year got bigger. That's not the weather. That's a choice. I spent four years making powerful people show their receipts. I'm not going to stop now."
Union halls, diners, and factory floors in 40 of Ohio's 88 counties. "I'd rather hear it in person than read it in a poll," Kovach said at a stop in the Mahoning Valley. "People tell you the truth across a kitchen table. You just have to show up and shut up long enough to listen."
A profile of the former ER nurse turned State Auditor now running for Senate on a single, stubborn promise: itemize the cost of living and name who's charging it. "She talks like someone who read the contract," the piece notes, "and isn't afraid of management."
Kovach rolled out a health-cost plan built on her record in the Ohio House: a hard cap on out-of-pocket insulin, mandatory up-front hospital pricing, and a crackdown on surprise billing. "Nobody in this state should have to choose between their insulin and their electric bill. I watched that choice get made in the ER. I'm done watching."
Responding to news of another shuttered line, Kovach pledged trade and procurement rules that reward building in Ohio with Ohio labor. "My dad lost his job when the mills shut down. I'm not guessing at what that does to a town. We built the middle class here once. We can do it again."
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