--- title: Tom Price Reimbursement Only Covers Fraction of Jet Cost description: The amount Donald Trump's Health Secretary has pledged to pay appears to be a mere fraction of the total sum he cost taxpayers. canonical: https://time.com/4962424/tom-price-donald-trump-private-jets/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-29T12:32:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:39:24.228Z article:section: Politics og:title: Tom Price Isn’t Actually Paying the Full Cost of Those Private Plane Rides og:description: He's offered $51,887.31. 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US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price attends a press conference about influenza prevention for the upcoming flu season at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, September 28, 2017. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Sep 29, 2017 12:32 PM UTC Secretary of Health and Human Services [Tom Price apologized](http://time.com/4961890/tom-price-apologizes-charter-plane-private-jet/) Thursday for [using taxpayer dollars to fund his work trips on private jets](http://time.com/4959537/donald-trump-tom-price-unhappy/). “I was not sensitive enough to my concern for the taxpayer,” he said, pledging to stop taking charter flights — and to reimburse the Treasury Department for the cost of his past trips. But here’s the thing: The amount he’s pledged to pay — $51,887.31, according [NPR](http://www.npr.org/2017/09/28/554328239/price-says-he-will-pay-for-travel-on-private-planes) and other news outlets — appears to be a mere fraction of the total sum he cost taxpayers. [_Politico_](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/tom-price-military-jets-europe-asia-hhs-243276) reported Thursday that Price’s many private jet trips this year — several to places as far-flung as Ho Chi Minh City and Beijing — have racked up a tab of more than $1 million since May. Back in June, Price, a former congressman from Georgia who earned a reputation as a budget hawk, spoke out in favor of a budget for the Department of Health and Human Services that would slash its annual travel funding by about 15%. The news accounts of Price’s private jet habit have reportedly infuriated President Donald Trump. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he was “not happy” with Price. 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