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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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