Trump Administration's Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Private Plane Scandal | TIME

Tom Price, the embattled Health and Human Services Secretary whose use of costly private jets put him on the outs with President Donald Trump, resigned under pressure on Friday.

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Trump Administration's Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Private Plane Scandal | TIME

[JoAnn_]

I wonder how far back in history we'd need to go to find a political administration of any party to find more than a handful who haven't used private plains as opposed to commercial plains to travel?

[alexkim-qdtw]

"What are you going to do?"
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"I'm not happy, I let him know."

[coletanner]

HE IS NOT THE PROBLEM!!!! LOOK AT THE FACTS!! USAF Gulfstream C-37B (military designation of the G550). According to Politico, Secretary Price and his wife flew on a C-37B to Africa and Europe in May 2017 at an estimated cost of $311, 418.25 for 30 hours of flight time.[77] <--Wikipedia. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE MILITARY CHARGED OVER $300K for this flight?? If you get a job in the White House as a tour guide and they tell you, you can carry your own lunch or eat prime rib, steaks and hamburgers at the Presidential Cafeteria downstairs for free and the White House will pay for it like all the tour guides before you. Then you find out the Federal Presidential Cafeteria is charging the White House $500/ meal and you go "whoa, that's pretty steep" and your told by the White House Staff " well they have 140 employees at the White House cafeteria, and that's why it costs so much"..when it makes Fox News and NBC how much you were spending on lunches as a White House employee..should you be fired or should changes be made at the White House Cafeteria(AKA MASSIVE LAYOFFS)? This issue is an example of Gov Waste and Fraud and Tom Price IS NOT THE PROBLEM!! I don't care if he gets fired or not, but the media is MISSING THE STORY HERE!!! THIS IS HAPPENING AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE FED GOV WITH THE MAIN PERPETRATORS BEING THE MILITARY AND MEDICAID/CARE/OBAMACARE AKA THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY WHO CHARGE MEDICAID THOUSANDS/PERSON FOR PROCEDURES THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OR COST 1/100TH OF THE CHARGE TO made to OBAMACARE. The military has been bilking taxpayers for decades in bed with Lockheed Martin getting charged 80 times the price of services from other corporations outside the contract. The story here is why and how the military charged 300K for a flight to Africa! The medial industry has been bilking taxpayers(via medicaid), insurance companies(via Obamacare) and patient's bank accounts(via people who don't want their credit ruined like all the other people they know that had to have major procedures) ALL FOR THE SAME PROCEDURE. It's cheaper to go to Asia or even Mexico for procedures even if you're only paying 20% of the cost on a 20/80 insurance plan. Why? Because once they're done bilking your insurance or OBAMACARE, they turn to you to get that 20% on the $140K procedure...WHY? BECAUSE OUR CONGRESS HAS MADE IT LEGAL FOR THEM TO DESTROY YOUR SAVINGS AFTER CANCER DESTROYS YOUR BODY!!

[julietjowett]

As soon as I find my daughter I will do just that - and the plain expense won't begin to look like a scandal - but - civilians can't sue for jail time - just money - and money - just isn't enough ----

[julietjowett]

All talk no action - waste of time and money while our loved ones suffer

[nalejbank]

I'm a little bit sad to see Tom Price go but if he was not authorized to make such flights and no one in the past administrations did similar things with impunity then he should go. And I'm a Republican. But I hate government waste and unconstitutional expenses.

[melonskyutube]

Kind of petty matters for a National/Global article. Big deal.

[Garapetsa]

Trump gave him a choice. I'm glad he's outta there! I want my money back.

[truejinn]

See how a leader gives the guy a chance to leave with dignity. Good on Trump.