HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns Over Free-Flights Flap
Executive Summary
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.
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