In their encounter in Des Moines, Pence told the doctor he hadn't heard about the planned cuts.
Dr. Rob Davidson, who is from Michigan, asked the vice president about cuts to Medicaid that were announced Thursday and how they would affect patients."I'm an emergency doctor. I'm worried about plans they talked about last week about maybe cutting Medicare and then the rollout today of cutting Medicaid," he said.
Davidson, who is the executive director of the Committee to Protect Medicare, was referring to the Healthy Adult Opportunity, which was announced by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services .
"Even after promising numerous times not to cut Medicaid, Trump's plan will ensure that many working families who are currently covered by Medicaid will face cuts to their services, wait lists for needed care, and the risk of medical debt and bankruptcy from trying to pay for illness," Kemp said in a statement.
Pence said that the Obama administration gave Indiana a grant when he was governor to expand Medicaid coverage.
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