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NEW: We obtained HHS Secretary Alexander Azar’s and Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan’s calendars, both of which show a number of meetings with conservative and anti-Affordable Care Act groups. See who they've been meeting with: americanoversight.org/hhs-secretary-…
Last week, the administration barred groups that provide abortions or abortion referrals from receiving family planning funding. Azar's and Hargan's calendars also show meetings with anti-abortion groups: americanoversight.org/hhs-secretary-…
We obtained resumes for political appointees at HHS, many of which list experience with anti–abortion rights groups: americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_…
Azar’s calendars show a meeting called “Title X Family Planning Proposed Rule," attended by Matthew Bowman, who described himself as a “full-time pro-life volunteer” and listed his experience working on a case about “protecting speech outside abortion clinics" on his resume. 
Another early 2018 entry shows a series of calls with former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Senator Lamar Alexander, and former House Speaker Paul Ryan, to discuss the rollout of a new rule allowing for short-term limited duration insurance plans: americanoversight.org/hhs-secretary-…
Azar met with “Health Care Thought Leaders,” which included only conservative groups like the American Enterprise Institute, the State Policy Network, Heritage Foundation, the Manhattan Institute, and an alliance of groups dedicated to overturning the ACA: documentcloud.org/documents/5021…
