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title: Here's How Much Tom Price Spent on Private Jets
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![HHS Secretary Tom Price Holds News Conference On Influenza Prevention](https://img.money.com/2017/09/tom-price-private-plane.jpg)
*U.S. Heath and Human Services Secretary Tom Price participates in an event to promote the flu vaccine at the National Press Club September 28, 2017 in Washington, DC.*

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price [resigned from his post on Friday](https://time.com/4963637/tom-price-health-secretary-donald-trump-private-jet/), amid criticism over his [use of private plane](https://time.com/4962424/tom-price-donald-trump-private-jets/)s to travel on government business.

Price, the latest in a string of White House officials to [leave President Donald Trump's administration](https://time.com/4773605/donald-trump-fired-staff/), racked up more than $1 million on private planes to travel overseas and in the U.S.

[*Politico* reports](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/tom-price-military-jets-europe-asia-hhs-243276) that Price's travels to Africa, Europe and Asia earlier on military jets this year cost taxpayers more than $500,000 and brought the total cost to over $1 million, when accounting for both his trips abroad and within the U.S.

Price's excessively priced travels came to light following a [report from *Politico*](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/19/tom-price-chartered-planes-flights-242908) last week, which pointed out about two dozen charter flights, including one from Washington D.C. to Philadelphia for $25,000. By comparison, commercial flights for the same route on United Airlines cost between $447 and $725 at the time.

Price apologized and offered to cover some of the costs to taxpayers the day before he resigned.

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