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Undated: Thomas Edmunds Price (born October 8, 1954) is an American physician and politician who served as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the administration of Donald Trump from February to September 2017, and who was the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, encompassing the northern suburbs of Atlanta, from 2005 to 2017.[2]
While in Congress, Price chaired the House Committee on the Budget,[3] Republican Study Committee and Republican Policy Committee.[4][5] On September 29, 2017, he resigned as head of HHS following criticism of his use of private charters and military aircraft for travel.[2] In July 2018, the HHS inspector general urged the HHS to recoup at least $341,000 from Price for wasteful expenditures.[6]
Price endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican Party's 2008 presidential primaries[211] and Newt Gingrich in the party's 2012 primaries.[212] In 2016, he supported Marco Rubio and initially opposed Donald Trump, saying in March of that year that Trump would be "dangerous for politics and the economy."[213] Despite this, once Trump became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, Price switched his allegiance and corralled eight of his fellow House Republican committee chairs into joining him.[214] They released a group endorsement of Donald Trump for president on May 13, 2016, which stated, "There is a path to winning in November, and it comes through unity. To solidify this partnership, we endorse Mr. Trump as the Republican nominee for President and call upon all Americans to support him."[215] A month later, Price's efforts in getting those committee chairs to endorse Trump led the Washington Post to name Price as one of Trump's "top six allies in Congress."[216]
While he was HHS secretary he said that the individual mandate (a component of the Affordable Care Act which required all to purchase health insurance) increased the cost of health care.[224] However, in May 2018, while no longer HHS secretary, Price admitted that the repeal of the individual mandate would reduce participation of young and healthy individuals in the health insurance market and thus drive up the cost of health care for those remaining.[225]
On September 29, 2017, the White House announced that Price had resigned. Price, with a tenure of 231 days, became the shortest-serving Secretary of Health and Human Services in history.[241] On July 13, 2018, the inspector general of HHS issued a report finding that Price had repeatedly violated government travel rules, and had wasted at least $341,000 through his use of chartered jets and military aircraft.[242] The report recommended that the government attempt to recoup the money improperly spent on Price's travels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Price_%28American_politician%29
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