Trump talks about firing Price over Senate vote President Donald Trump is threatening — perhaps jokingly — to fire Health Secretary Tom Price if a crucial vote to repeal "Obamacare'" fails. Trump tells thousands of Boy Scouts at a national gathering in West Virginia that Price "better get" the votes to begin debate on the legislation Tuesday. Trump has been urging Republicans to support an effort to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law, which he calls a "nightmare."