WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s health secretary resigned Friday, after his costly travel triggered investigations that overshadowed the administration’s agenda and angered his boss. Tom Price’s regrets and partial repayment couldn’t save his job. The Health and Human Services secretary became the first member of the president’s Cabinet to be pushed out in a […]
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HHS investigates Secretary Tom Price's travel on charter jets
In this Sept. 15, 2017, photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks at the Mirmont Treatment Center in Media, Pa. Federal investigators say they are reviewing Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s recent use of costly charter flights on official business to see if it complied with government travel regulations. The inspector […]
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Health secretary Tom Price coming to Maine to discuss opioid crisis
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is heading to Maine to hear about the state’s efforts to fight the opioid epidemic. AUGUSTA (AP) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is heading to Maine to hear about the state’s efforts to fight the opioid epidemic. Price is set to meet with […]
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Gov. Paul LePage predicts Trump administration will re-certify Riverview
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Republican governor says he predicts the Trump administration will re-certify a state-run psychiatric hospital. Gov. Paul LePage said during a Tuesday call-in on WVOM-FM that Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is “very receptive” to the LePage administration’s case to re-certify Riverview Psychiatric Center. Riverview lost federal Centers for Medicare and […]
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GOP forced to delay Senate committee votes on Price, Mnuchin
WASHINGTON — Democrats blocked planned Senate committee votes on President Donald Trump’s picks to be Health and Treasury secretaries on Tuesday, boycotting the session and demanding more information on the two nominees’ past financial behavior. The extraordinary and abrupt postponement came as congressional Democrats, in a confrontational mood over Trump administration actions, also used lengthy […]
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Donald Trump to nominate Rep. Tom Price as health secretary
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has selected Georgia Rep. Tom Price, a leading critic of President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care law, to head the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a person familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Price will play a central role in Republican efforts to repeal […]