The Department of Children and Families determines eligibility for Medicaid. Medicaid may be authorized. for up to three months prior to the date of application provided an applicant has unpaid medical bill(s) for. one or more of the three months preceding the month of application. This is known as retroactive Medicaid.
The costliest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic was Hurricane Katrina, which struck the coastlines of Mississippi and Louisiana after brushing the tip of Florida, in August 2005, causing $108 billion (2005 USD) in property damage.
Approximately 80 percent of the city was flooded. The flooding destroyed New Orleans, the Nationâs thirty-fifth largest city. â¢ From Morgan City, Louisiana, to Biloxi, Mississippi, to Mobile, Alabama, Hurricane Katrinaâs wind, rain, and storm surge demolished homes and businesses. Large parts of the coastal areas of these States were devastated. â¢ Katrina caused an estimated $96 billion dollars in damage.