# Tom Price

### Context

Price, an orthopedic surgeon and former House Budget Committee chairman, was a prominent Republican critic of the Affordable Care Act before joining the [Trump](/people/mig-donald-trump) administration. (Source: [ABC News — 2016-11-29](https://abcnews.com/politics/tom-price-trumps-pick-health-secretary/story?id=43845144).)

He served as secretary of health and human services from February 10 to September 29, 2017. (Source: [U.S. National Institutes of Health — accessed 2026-10-14](https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-almanac/department-health-human-services-secretaries).)

### Record

Price entered HHS during the administration's attempt to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act. (Source: [ABC News — 2016-11-29](https://abcnews.com/politics/tom-price-trumps-pick-health-secretary/story?id=43845144).)

His tenure became engulfed by scrutiny over use of charter aircraft for official travel. (Source: [Reuters via Investing.com — 2017-09-27](https://www.investing.com/news/politics-news/trump-not-happy-with-us-health-chief-price-over-private-travel-533668).)

Price resigned in September 2017 amid that travel controversy. (Source: [Reuters via Stabroek News — 2017-09-30](https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/09/30/news/world/under-pressure-from-trump-price-resigns-as-health-secretary-over-private-plane-uproar/).)

### Consequences

The resignation curtailed his ability to shape longer-term HHS policy and turned administrative ethics and stewardship of public funds into a central part of his cabinet record. (Source: [Reuters via Stabroek News — 2017-09-30](https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/09/30/news/world/under-pressure-from-trump-price-resigns-as-health-secretary-over-private-plane-uproar/).)

His broader health-policy influence also includes years in Congress advocating a more market-oriented alternative to the Affordable Care Act. (Source: [ABC News — 2016-11-29](https://abcnews.com/politics/tom-price-trumps-pick-health-secretary/story?id=43845144).)

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