Health Care
"We don't want to go back. We want to go forward." Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia.
Democrats pounced on the last-minute timing with the stakes so high.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, said that the repeal bill was "the worst piece of legislation that has come down the pipe yet." He said Congress would want to reauthorize the indigent hospital care and PeachCare programs. "Hopefully, Republicans in Congress can walk and chew bubble gum on that issue," he said.
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September 21, 2017
Washington, D.C.– Today, Rep. Johnson highlighted a new state-by-state report showing Republicans' latest Trumpcare legislation, which the Senate GOP hopes to rush to a vote next week, would be disastrous for Georgian's health care in 2027 alone.
Federal funding for health coverage would be cut by $299 billion in that year alone, relative to projected spending on the Medicaid expansion, marketplace subsidies and the Medicaid program (outside of the expansion).
CONYERS — Fourth District Congressman Hank Johnson has announced that Rockdale County is receiving a $208,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help tackle drug abuse and the opioid epidemic in the community.
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced that Rockdale County will receive a grant of more than $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help tackle drug abuse in the community.
CONYERS — Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced that Rockdale County is receiving a more than $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help tackle drug abuse in the community.
State Rep. Doreen Carter and U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson are co-hosting a July 10 meeting on health care at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Stonecrest.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat, said in a statement that pulling back the coverage would result in unintended pregnancies. He called it "mindless" when combined with the administration's proposal to cut back on a federal nutrition program for infants and children.
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The House voted 217-213 in favor of the amended version American Health Care Act, with about 20 Republicans, mostly moderates, siding with Democrats in opposition to the bill. Among Gwinnett's three congressmen, Reps. Rob Woodall and Jody Hice, both R-Ga., voted for it while Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., opposed it...