Press Releases
New Medical Loss Ratio regulations issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) require health insurers to spend 80 to 85 percent of consumers’ premiums on direct care for patients and efforts to improve the quality of care.
“Our health care system should deliver quality affordable care for all Americans, not inhumanely deny claims to enrich shareholders and executives. Thanks to passage of historic health care reform, Americans can be confident that health insurance is about providing quality care, not maximizing profits.”
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Congressman responds to reports of job ads that read: ‘no unemployed candidates need apply’
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent a letter to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Jacqueline Berrien to request an investigation into possible discrimination against the unemployed.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson, GA-04, issued the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day, which will be celebrated tomorrow:
We must all be committed to keeping our promises to the nation’s 3 million troops and reservists, their families, and 23 million veterans, including 51,000 here in the Fourth District. Let’s all come together to honor our veterans – the debt we owe them is immeasurable.
Announces Two New Programs for Women Vets, Guard, Reservists and Families:
WASHINGTON – With thousands of service men and women returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Syracuse University are expanding their Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) to a seventh school, Louisiana State University, and launching two new entrepreneurship programs for women veterans and National Guard and Reserve members and their families.
Congressman: $4.1 million to help for Atlanta-Charlotte high-speed line
ATLANTA -- Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced that $4.1 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation is heading to Georgia and two other states to develop a multistate plan for high-speed rail between Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C.
The official announcement of the award will be made Thursday, Oct. 28. It comes on the heels of a $47 million award for the Atlanta Streetcar project last week.
Congressman applauds $47 million federal grant for Atlanta Streetcar project
ATLANTA -- Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) declared it a 'new day' in Atlanta after U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood presented the city with a $47.6 million check at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site for the Atlanta Streetcar project.
(WASHINGTON) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-Ga.), today commended the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to take enforcement action against apparent monopolistic practices that are blocking competition in Michigan’s health insurance industry.
Researchers: Rep. Johnson giving ‘a voice to people who have none’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced his bipartisan bill to address a growing problem of parasitic diseases – mostly in poor, minority populations along the U.S.-Mexico border, the rural South, Appalachia and distressed urban areas – passed the House of Representatives.
The legislation now goes to the Senate.
LITHONIA, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today visited and congratulated STAND Inc. [Standing to Achieve New Directions] for receiving a $300,000 annual grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).