HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns

[George II]

Source: CNN

(CNN)President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Tom Price, the embattled health and human services secretary, Friday in the midst of a scandal over his use of private planes.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/politics/tom-price-resigns/index.html?adkey=bn

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That's all so far.

I wonder if he's going to still pay up for his "seat"?

[Renew Deal]

1. lol

[underpants]

2. The Price is .....

[George II]

5. That's great, thanks!

[underpants]

11. Another

Yes there's an entire website just for this

https://www.sadtrombone.com/

[CatWoman]

7. LOL

And flying high

[calimary]

61. ROFL!!!

This is GREAT!

Price-Checked.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Another one bites the dust. . .

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. And it's only 4:41 by my computer.

Whooooooooo's next?

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Retweeted by the Washington Post: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost

The time stamp on the tweet is PDT.

{ETA, Saturday:} Well, it said 1:36 when I posted it on Friday, but now it's 4:36. Whatever.

INBOX: "Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas Price offered his resignation earlier today and the President accepted."

Link to tweet

[hatrack]

6. GOOD! Simpering, phony, arrogant, sociopathic, greedy, lying fuckstick!

[CatWoman]

9. now get his ass for inside trading!!!

[Ligyron]

26. In New York so he can't be pardoned.

[SammyWinstonJack]

50. And then there's Price.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. He's being cut loose for much more than his private plane trips. Isn't he under investigation by...

the SEC or some other federal agency?

[George II]

12. I don't know about that, but he's being blamed for the failure of "repeal and replace".

[lostnfound]

18. Under investigation for major trading on health care stocks that he was legislating

Preet Bharara was investigating it before he was fired by Trump.

https://www.propublica.org/article/preet-bharara-fired-investigating-tom-price-hhs-stock-trading

In December, the Wall Street Journal reported that Price traded more than $300,000 worth of shares in health companies over a recent four-year period, while taking actions that could have affected those companies. Price, an orthopedic surgeon, chaired the powerful House Budget Committee and sat on the Ways and Means Committee’s health panel.

In one case, Price was one of just a handful of American investors allowed to buy discounted stock in Innate Immunotherapeutics — a tiny Australian company working on an experimental multiple sclerosis drug. The company hoped to be granted “investigational new drug” status from the Food and Drug Administration, a designation that expedites the approval process.

Members of congress often try to apply pressure on the FDA. As ProPublica has reported, Price’s office has taken up the causes of health care companies, and in one case urged a government agency to remove a damaging drug study on behalf of a pharmaceutical company whose CEO donated to Price’s campaign.

[lostnfound]

24. At least by Preet Bharara before he was fired by Trump

Preet Bharara was investigating it before he was fired by Trump.

https://www.propublica.org/article/preet-bharara-fired-investigating-tom-price-hhs-stock-trading

In December, the Wall Street Journal reported that Price traded more than $300,000 worth of shares in health companies over a recent four-year period, while taking actions that could have affected those companies. Price, an orthopedic surgeon, chaired the powerful House Budget Committee and sat on the Ways and Means Committee’s health panel.

In one case, Price was one of just a handful of American investors allowed to buy discounted stock in Innate Immunotherapeutics — a tiny Australian company working on an experimental multiple sclerosis drug. The company hoped to be granted “investigational new drug” status from the Food and Drug Administration, a designation that expedites the approval process.

Members of congress often try to apply pressure on the FDA. As ProPublica has reported, Price’s office has taken up the causes of health care companies, and in one case urged a government agency to remove a damaging drug study on behalf of a pharmaceutical company whose CEO donated to Price’s campaign.

[Tarheel_Dem]

29. Thanks. I thought I had heard something to that effect. So firing Preet made it all go away? nt

[SunSeeker]

10. Good, now send him to prison. nt

[TNNurse]

36. He needs to pay us back for the money he used to travel before he goes to jail.

[SunSeeker]

39. Of course! nt

[jamesatemple]

60. Nah! Let him work it off in jail...down in the laundry room. With a cellmate named Big Bubba! n/t

[HockeyMom]

13. They are all abandoning

the sinking ship! lol

[sheshe2]

14. TP is in the toilet.

Now flush.

[George II]

15. "Wipe" the slate clean!

[sheshe2]

40. Yup.

Wonder if he took a private jet home...POS!

[nycbos]

16. Gmar Chatimah Tova everyone.

[Qutzupalotl]

17. I have to wonder...

if Price is facing indictment over his stock trade, and this whole thing was leaked to usher him out before he sullies this immaculate administration. Based on nothing, just a suspicion. It seemed orchestrated. Very effective and quick.

[not fooled]

52. Or

HHS employees--horrified by his attitude, conduct, and the agenda to wreck HHS and the ACA--leaked the information.

Whaddya wanna bet he's a major-league asshole to work for?

No wonder pruitt wants a cone of silence.

What a bunch of rapacious bastards.

[NewJeffCT]

19. Breaking - Ivanka Trump to take on Price's role

in addition to her other duties.

(just kidding)

[sheshe2]

41. LOL...

DON'T DO THAT!!! It could so easily be true.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. The beauty of this is that it came about as a result of a leak from the inside.

Last edited Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Someone in HHS dropped the dime on Price. It might have been someone who processes the travel requests, or maybe it was someone who keeps track of the motor pool. Whoever it was, he or she takes the Blue/Orange/Silver Line to work every day and has done so for years (well, not the Silver Line) and puts in a forty-hour work week. He or she was sufficiently ticked off to spill the beans and call Politico.

Hat tip to you, conscientious worker! And to you too, Politico, for digging into this.

Well done, good and faithful {civil} servant.

[FakeNoose]

63. Yes there's hope for us - if they're willing to squeal on their bosses

DU (or somebody neutral) should set up an anonymous leakers' website.
Sort of like what Wikileaks tried to be before they turned into paid Russian trolls.

But honest hard-working government employees are sick of what's going on, as much as the rest of us.
They don't want to be fired from their jobs but they do want people to know about this stuff.

I hope there's a way they can leak stories about their a-hole bosses and not get into trouble.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

69. There's no need. Reporters have already set up addresses to which

leakers can send information anonymously.

[lamp_shade]

21. Every R Senator confirmed his nomination KNOWING he was a self-serving grifter...

Not one vote from D's... not even Manchin.

HHS nominee Tom Price bought stock, then authored bill benefiting company
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/02/hhs-nominee-tom-price-bought-stock-then-authored-bill-benefiting-company/97337838/

[fleur-de-lisa]

22. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Another GRIFTER gone!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

23. We'll just make this minor adjustment to his official portrait:

[sheshe2]

42. You funny!

Thanks~

[JCMach1]

25. Resign or fire I am sure

Price is a royal douche

[cloudbase]

27. He'll be perfect as the

next head of the NCAA.

[flamingdem]

28. Hope he enjoyed..

.. the RIDE!

[unblock]

30. He'd rather resign than reimburse in full

So he's resigning on principal (and no, I did not misspell that word!)

[Dustlawyer]

31. No hard feelings, we will pay for your trip home to prove it.

Am-track, Greyhound, or coach on Jet Blue!

[not fooled]

54. Cheap

Hell, I'd buy a ticket for each of the cabinet denizens to go home and take their grifting, Government-hating attitudes with them.

(insert emoji of one emoji kicking other emoji in the ass)

[Marie Marie]

64. What, Uber not good enough?

[LittleGirl]

32. And Twitler

is still in our HOUSE! Damn it.
He needs to resign or be impeached, yesterday.

[DoctorJoJo]

33. No Problem

Betsy DeVoss can handle both jobs! She'll just institute prayer circles to heal the sick.

[hibbing]

34. See who the putrid replacement is n/t

[IronLionZion]

35. Every reporter needs to ask him how much he reimbursed the taxpayers

for the private plane flights

[sandensea]

37. Out of the fire - and into a million-dollar Big Pharma lobbying gig.

The doors will be revolving tonight.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

38. He's an orthopedic surgeon. He'll do just fine. NT

[OliverQ]

43. He should have medical license revoked

[not fooled]

55. Yeah

Don't they take an oath to "Do no harm?"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

70. Why? NT

[Kleveland]

68. So, it will look just fine with a foot up his sorry ass! n/t

[longship]

44. Rachel called this last night.

And Rachel knows!!!!!



Love her!

[not fooled]

56. Yeah

they were just waiting for the Friday afternoon news dump.

[L. Coyote]

45. Trump's travel ban is suddenly working?

[Marie Marie]

65. Good one!

[MontanaMama]

46. Now lets get the spotlight

on that thug Zinke!! Let’s get him the eff out of dodge too. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out, Tom!!!

[mountain grammy]

47. Good riddance

[Corgigal]

48. No tax payer

paid moving cost either. It's pricey to move your stuff back to what ever rock you want to crawl back under.

[rurallib]

49. My bet is this has more to do with not repealing the ACA than the travel expenses

the travel expenses are a convenient excuse.

If the other 2 get fired over travel expenses (Zinke and Pruitt) then I was wrong. But I don't look for it.

Trump has to blame someone for any failure of his because Trump himself never fails. So Price was the fall guy this time.

[kacekwl]

51. Who cares, he'll be replaced by another asshat.

The whole group of trump and his minions need to be arrested and publicly shamed.

[Ilsa]

53. My guess is that a medical care or insurance lobbying firm will pick him up.

And then cut him loose once he's indicted.
Please.
"Gmar Chatimah Tova" - something I read on DU today.

Ha! He gave up his congressional seat for this.

[TexasBushwhacker]

71. Big Pharma too

It just took him a few days to line up his new gig. I bet he doesn't pay that lame $52K either.

[Historic NY]

57. The price is wrong so I hope he pays up.

[bucolic_frolic]

58. One SWAMPMONSTER Down, dozens to go!

[kairos12]

59. Lock him up!!

[mdbl]

62. I am really surprised, to say the least that Price resigned

I can only think something else was in a closet with the door about to open because overspending taxpayer money is usually a trump directive.

[dchill]

66. What I wonder is whether it's possible...

for Trumpkinhead to find somebody even worse to replace him. I really can't imagine...

[George II]

67. If one exists, he'll find him. He's probably poring over police blotters right now.

[L. Coyote]

72. Cummings letter to Kellyanne Conway Private Flights with Former HHS Secretary Tom Price and others

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[ailsagirl]

73. And another. And another. How many now?

As of five days ago:



FOURTEEN!!

[spiderpig]

74. Can Rex be far behind?

We know it's only a matter of time.