Orthopedic surgeons donate $928k to Dr. Tom Price over 12-year period: 5 points

Tom Price, MD, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for HHS secretary, has received a large portion of funding from medical specialists, according to The News Tribune.

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Here are five points:

 

1. Specialists have donated at least $3.1 million over the past 13 years to Dr. Price’s political committees.

 

2. Specialists account for more than 20 percent of Dr. Price’s congressional campaign funding, a McClatchy analysis found.

 

3. From 2004 to 2016, orthopedic surgeons provided Dr. Price $926,639.

 

4. Anesthesiologists are the next biggest contributors, donating $256,888 during the aforementioned time frame.

 

5. Urologists donated $179,413 to Dr. Price between 2004 and 2016.

 

“We’ve had the chance to visit with Dr Price several times over the years and find him to be a high integrity thoughtful person,” said Scott Becker, JD, publisher of Becker’s Healthcare.

 

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