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Rep. Tom Price (R-GA): GOP firmly behind him, Trump in front

(Nominee for HHS)

The WSJ is reporting that Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) was trading in health stocks at the same time he was moving legislation that directly affected the stock value.

Price bought and sold stock in about 40 health-care, pharmaceutical and biomedical companies since 2012, including a dozen in the current congressional session (according to a WSJ review of hundreds of pages of stock trades he filed with Congress). In the same two-year period, he has sponsored nine and co-sponsored 35 health-related bills in the House.

His stock trades included Amgen Inc., Bristol Meyers Squibb Co., Eli Lilly & Co., Pfizer Inc. and Aetna Inc.

His largest single stock buy was an August 2016 purchase of between $50,000 and $100,000 of an Australian biomedical firm, Innate Immuno-therapeutics Inc., whose largest shareholder is this GOP congressman on the Trump transition team, according to the filings, which list price ranges. The stock has since doubled in price.

One could excuse the Amgen, Squibb, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Aetna deals because they're pretty commonly traded stocks in standard portfolios. But that Immuno-therapeutics stock. That looks shady and fishy like this example:

Additionally: The health-care industry is Mr. Price’s biggest patron.

For example: In 2015 and 2016, he received about $730,000 in campaign donations from health professionals, insurers and drug companies, more than from any other industry.

Plus, over his six terms in Congress, Price has raised about $15 million, and about $4.8 million came from the health sector.

Insurer Aetna alone donated a total of $10,000 to Price in 2015 and 2016 through its PAC.

Pfizer, the drug giant, donated $3,500 through its PAC.

Eli Lilly gave $5,000.

NOTE: Eli Lilly and Pfizer declined to comment. Aetna didn’t respond to requests for comment. Mr. Price has made dozens of trades since 2012. On March 17, 2016, he made 70 trades, adding, among other things, to his holdings of Aetna by as much as $15,000, disclosure reports say.

Noteworthy: As Price bought Aetna stock, also championed his own legislation to replace the Obama administration’s ACA (Obama-care).

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From Crooks and Liars (which in this case, seems 100% accurate).

Welcome to “Trump World.” One made up of crooks and liars, sleazy deal makers, and scam artists… try and prove me wrong.

This is truly amazing stuff to say the least. Thanks for stopping by,