Vice President Mike Pence is expected to discuss efforts to repeal the health care overhaul during a visit to Ohio. This comes as republican legislative leaders in Indiana discuss how the fate of the Affordable Care Act could impact Hoosiers.
Pence has been a persistent critic of the law since serving in Congress before he became Indiana' governor. But one of his legacy achievements after becoming governor in 2013 was an expansion Medicaid in the state, which overwhelmingly relies on money made available under the Affordable Care Act.
The former Indiana governor on Thursday is scheduled to visit Frame USA, which sells American-made picture frames from its home base in a northern Cincinnati suburb.
Ohio is among the states under the Affordable Care Act that has expanded Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income Americans that is managed by the states. Republican Gov. John Kasich has voiced concern about the fate of that expansion in the repeal.
Pence told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday that "we don't want anyone to fall through the cracks," especially not "the most disadvantaged citizens among us."
Donald Trump carried Ohio, a crucial swing state for Republican presidential candidates.