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Tom Price
2020 elections
Sept. 27, 2019
Disgraced Former Trump Cabinet Member Wants to Be Appointed to the U.S. Senate
Tom Price flew his way out of his job as HHS Secretary with travel expenses, but is applying for an open Senate seat.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 13, 2018
Auditor: Tom Price Owes Government $341,000 for Unauthorized Travel Expenses
It’s amazing how much Price spent on travel that accomplished nothing of great note during just seven months in office.
By
Ed Kilgore
May 1, 2018
A Couple Republican Elites Just Admitted Their Agenda Is Built on Lies
Tom Price just said repealing the individual mandate raises premiums — while Marco Rubio confessed that corporate tax breaks aren’t helping workers.
By
Eric Levitz
Sept. 30, 2017
The Strangely Normal Exit of Tom Price
If you’re going to break the rules, you better be in good standing with Trump first.
By
Olivia Nuzzi
Sept. 29, 2017
Who Will Replace Tom Price at Health and Human Services?
HHS Secretary Price embarrassed Donald Trump and went down the tubes. Finding a suitable replacement won’t be easy.
By
Ed Kilgore
Sept. 29, 2017
Tom Price Resigns as Health and Human Services Secretary
After reports emerged about his expensive private jet travel.
By
Benjamin Hart
Sept. 29, 2017
If Price Is Fired, What About the Rest of Trump’s Private-Jet-Loving Cabinet?
The president hinted that he might ax his embattled HHS secretary, but Mnuchin, Pruitt, and Zinke’s travel habits have come under scrutiny too.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Sept. 28, 2017
Like Tom Price, Scott Pruitt Spent More Than $58K on Noncommercial Flights
Unlike Price, the EPA director also spent $25,000 in taxpayer money on a soundproof booth for his office.
By
Margaret Hartmann
ethics
Sept. 27, 2017
Tom Price Used Private Jets for Trips That Mixed Business With Pleasure
His “demanding schedule” did not allow for commercial flights — but included lunch with his son and arriving at a resort 40 hours early.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Sept. 25, 2017
HHS Secretary Tom Price Has Given Up His Private-Jet Habit, for Now
He acknowledges, “The optics in some of this don’t look good.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
Sept. 22, 2017
Heathcare.gov to Go Down for Maintenance During Obamacare Enrollment Period
At a minimum, it’s negligent. But also could be the Trump administration’s latest attempt to sabotage Obamacare.
By
Benjamin Hart
ethics
Sept. 21, 2017
HHS: Tom Price Spent $300K on Private Jets Because He’s a Man of the People
When asked why he took 24 flights on private charter planes since May, HHS said Price is “focused on hearing from Americans across the country.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
Sept. 20, 2017
Health Sec. Tom Price, Critic of Wasteful Spending, Insists on Flying Private
Just last week, Price flew on a chartered jet to Philadelphia, spending tens of thousands of dollars to travel 135 miles.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Sept. 7, 2017
Journalist No Longer Facing Jail Time for Asking HHS Secretary a Question
A West Virginia prosecutor’s office has dropped its charges against Dan Heyman, who was arrested in May for “aggressively” questioning Tom Price.
By
Caroline Bankoff
Aug. 9, 2017
Trump’s Solution to Opioid Crisis: Tell Kids Drugs Are ‘No Good’
Trump’s suggestion comes as he rejects his drug commission’s recommendation to declare a national emergency.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Aug. 1, 2017
Tom Price at HHS Is Just What the Doctors Ordered
Out of the spotlight, HHS secretary Tom Price has been busily dismantling regulations that hold his fellow physicians accountable for results.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 20, 2017
Trump Administration Used Public Funds to Sabotage the Health-Care System
Last year, Trump promised universal health care. Now, to build support for throwing millions off insurance, his team is trying to make Obamacare fail.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
July 17, 2017
Republicans Give Away the Game on Trumpcare
Tom Price admits that insurance companies will go back to weeding out the sick.
By
Jonathan Chait
politics
July 16, 2017
Tom Price on Health-Care Bill: Up Is Down
The Trump administration gets Orwellian in its efforts to repeal Obamacare.
By
Benjamin Hart
June 28, 2017
California’s Single-Payer Bill Halted by Democratic Assembly Speaker
Citing two big procedural bars to enactment of a single-payer plan, Speaker Anthony Rendon stopped action on it, inviting attacks from proponents.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 20, 2017
Republicans Win Georgia’s Special Election, Democrats Search for a Moral Victory
By dominating early voting and convincing GOP voters that her opponent was outside the mainstream, Karen Handel posted a comeback victory.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 18, 2017
Georgia’s Extra-Special Election Enters the Final Stretch
In a race that’s too close to call, both parties are seeing a potential harbinger for what will happen in the 2018 midterms.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 7, 2017
How Bad Was Georgia Republican Karen Handel’s ‘Livable Wage’ Gaffe?
In the nation’s most expensive House race, Jon Ossoff’s opponent stepped in it.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 1, 2017
Tom Price Bought Pharma Stocks — Then Lobbied for the Industry in Australia
The Health secretary’s blatant corruption grows even more blatant.
By
Eric Levitz
media
May 10, 2017
HHS Secretary Commends Police for Arresting Journalist Who Asked Him a Question
Price notes the reporter approached him in a hallway, “not in a press conference,” and says, “Police acted as they felt necessary.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
Apr. 12, 2017
Trump Administration May Be Holding Obamacare Hostage
It’s hedging on continuing insurer subsidies needed to keep the program working. Is it a ploy to force Dems to negotiate?
By
Ed Kilgore
just asking questions
Mar. 31, 2017
Kathleen Sebelius Knows Better Than Anyone How Trump Can Mess With Obamacare
Health Secretary under Obama, she describes how the program can be foiled — or fixed — by Team Trump.
By
Nick Tabor
Mar. 24, 2017
Democrat Gaining Ground in Georgia Special Election to Replace Tom Price
A new survey shows well-funded Democrat Jon Ossoff ahead of or even with his most likely GOP rivals in a second-round runoff in June.
By
Ed Kilgore
Mar. 17, 2017
Report: Fired U.S. Attorney Bharara Was Investigating Health Secretary Tom Price
Preet Bharara was overseeing an investigation into the Health secretary’s stock trades when the Trump administration demanded his resignation.
By
Eric Levitz
Mar. 16, 2017
Trump Health Secretary: States Should Only Require Vaccines If They Feel Like It
Good thing infectious diseases can’t cross state lines.
By
Eric Levitz
Mar. 1, 2017
Despite Trump Speech, Conservative Rebels Not Budging on Obamacare
We are being told Trump gave clear direction to the congressional GOP on how to repeal and replace Obamacare. If so, conservatives aren’t hearing it.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 22, 2017
Trump: We’re Submitting a Health-Care Plan! Tom Price: No, We’re Not!
This administration is a fine-tuned machine.
By
Jonathan Chait
Feb. 16, 2017
Georgia’s Special Election to Replace Tom Price Is Still the GOP’s Race to Lose
In a suburban Atlanta district Trump only carried by one point, Democrats have a viable candidate but a poor turnout record in this kind of election.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 10, 2017
Tom Price Is the Perfect Villain for Obamacare Defenders
The upside of Price’s confirmation for Democrats: A (seemingly) corrupt opponent of Medicare is now the face of Obamacare repeal.
By
Eric Levitz
Feb. 1, 2017
Republicans Buck Boycott, Vote for Price and Mnuchin Without Democrats Present
After a Democratic boycott, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee changed the rules so they could advance the cabinet nominees by themselves.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 31, 2017
Senate Democrats Boycott Votes on Two of Trump’s Key Cabinet Nominees
After misleading statements from Trump’s picks — and mass protests in blue America — Democrats are in the mood for obstruction.
By
Eric Levitz
Jan. 30, 2017
More Trouble for Tom Price on His Biomedical Investments
On the eve of a committee vote on his confirmation, new evidence shows Price may have gotten a sweet deal on a dubious stock purchase.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 25, 2017
Is Trump Administration Flying Without a Flight Plan?
The president is looking anything but passive so far. But on big, important issues, there’s no sense of a policy infrastructure.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 19, 2017
Some Interesting New Clues About What the GOP Is Thinking on Health Care
The party seems to be resisting some of the president-elect’s demands.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 18, 2017
Trump’s HHS Pick Stumbles in Hearing Over Questionable Purchase of Biotech Stock
He admitted something that poked a hole in the incoming administration’s official line on the controversy.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 16, 2017
Tom Price Introduced Bill to Help Company After Buying Stock
Trump’s pick for Health Secretary later received money from the company’s PAC, too.
By
Adam K. Raymond
and
Margaret Hartmann
Jan. 11, 2017
Trump Keeps Screwing Up Republican Plans to Repeal Obamacare
First, he blew up the GOP’s repeal-and-delay strategy. Now, he’s talking like a liberal Democrat about out-of-pocket costs.
By
Ed Kilgore
Dec. 23, 2016
Trump’s Pick for Health Secretary Traded Medical Stocks While in Congress
Tom Price traded more than $300,000 in shares of health-care companies while sponsoring legislation that would likely affect the value of the shares.
By
Eric Levitz
Nov. 29, 2016
Trump’s Health Secretary Might Undo a Key Reform Containing Medical Costs
Tom Price has been skeptical of value-based health-care initiatives many Republicans support. Now he is in a position to do real damage to them.
By
Ed Kilgore
early and often
Nov. 29, 2016
Trump Shows Commitment to Destroying Obamacare by Picking Tom Price for HHS
Many Republicans rail against the ACA. Price actually has a detailed, comprehensive plan to replace it.
By
Margaret Hartmann
the national interest
Mar. 18, 2015
House Republicans Unveil Plan for Replacing Obamacare
You’ll get nothing and like it.
By
Jonathan Chait
early and awkward
Feb. 15, 2013
Georgia Congressman Tom Price Regularly Attends Taylor Swift Concerts
Kind of creepy.
By
Dan Amira