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HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns Over Free-Flights Flap

 
• By Sue Darcey and Cathy Kelly

US Health and Human Service Secretary Tom Price resigned Sept. 29 following controversy over free flights on military and private jets. Price, a former orthopedic surgeon and Georgia congressman, had initiated a reset of Obama-era payment reforms and oversaw an active FDA commissioner during his short tenure.

HHS Secretary Tom Price, who has been working to redesign the prior administration's approach to value-based payment models, resigned late in the day Sept. 29 following reports he took advantage of free military flights and government-chartered flights.

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