Who they are

Mike Pence: As vice president, Pence has a lead role in the Trump administration’s effort to undo Obamacare. Pence has been more active than Trump in trying to get repeal and replace legislation through Congress. As governor, Pence was among a minority of Republicans who took federal funding made available under the Affordable Care Act to expand Medicaid. Seema Verma: The administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been helping the administration explain to lawmakers and governors the Medicaid changes proposed in legislation. She’s also encouraged states to seek permission from her office for local approaches to running Medicaid. A former Indianabased health care consultant, Verma helped create Indiana’s alternative Medicaid program and worked with other states on unique approaches. Brady Brookes: Brookes is Verma’s deputy chief of staff. She was legislative director for Pence when he was governor. Brian Neale: Neale is a deputy CMS administrator, overseeing Medicaid and the health care program for low- income children whose families make too much to qualify for Medicaid. When Neale was Pence’s health care policy director in the governor’s office, he and Verma negotiated permission from the Obama administration to expand Indiana’s alternative Medicaid program. Tyler Ann McGuffee: A former health care policy director for Pence, McGuffee works on Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s legislative agenda and is a liaison between Congress and the agency. Matt Lloyd: The spokesman for the Health and Human Services Department was Pence’s deputy chief of staff in the governor’s office and worked for him for years on Capitol Hill. Dr. Jerome Adams: Indiana’s state health commission has been tapped by Trump to be the next surgeon general. Adams was appointed to his state position by Pence.