Here are five insights:
1. Dr. Price spent at least $400,000 on private planes for government business trips.
2. He offered to pay the government back $51,887, which President Donald Trump deemed “unacceptable.”
3. Part of Dr. Price’s resignation letter to President Trump read: “I have spent 40 years both as a doctor and public servant putting people first. I regret that the recent events have created a distraction from these important objectives,” NYT reports.
4. Don J. Wright, MD, a deputy assistant secretary for health and Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion director, stepped in as acting HHS secretary.
5. Politico broke the story of the secretary’s jet expenses Sept. 19.
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