THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
WASHINGTON. 0.6. 20201

 

Donald J. Trump

The President of the United States
1600 Avenue
Washington, DC 20500

Re: Of?cial Resignation of Thomas E. Price, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services
Dear Mr. President:

It is an honor and privilege to serve you as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Under
your leadership, the Department is working aggressively to improve the health and well?being of
all Americans. This includes working to reform a broken health care system, empower patients,
reduce regulatory burdens, ensure global health security, and tackle clinical priorities such as the
opioids epidemic, serious mental illness and childhood obesity.

I have spent forty years both as a doctor and public servant putting people ?rst. I regret that the
recent events have created a distraction from these important objectives.

Success on these issues is more important than any one person. In order for you to move forward
without further disruption, I am o?icially tendering my resignation as the Secretary of Health
and Human Services effective 11:59 PM on Friday, September 29, 2017.

You may rest assured that I will continue to support your critical priorities going ahead because
failure is not an option for the American people.

Yours truly,

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Thomas E. Price, MD.