FOIA request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeking communications regarding the decision to deny IowaÕs application for a Medicaid waiver under the Affordable Care Act. This request was initially submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services before it was redirected to component agency CMS.

American Oversight filed a new motion opposing efforts by the Trump administration and Congress to block the release of emails detailing the secret health care reform negotiations.

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have tried (and thus far failed) to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — even as the president has repeatedly vowed to let the health-care system "explode." The American people have a right to know what secret deals the Trump administration has made with Congress regarding health care and whether the president or other officials are planning to sabotage the health insurance marketplace.

"From the very beginning, health care negotiations between the Trump administration and Congress have taken place in secret, and with talks reportedly starting again, Congress has made it clear that its first priority is to keep the public in the dark.”