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.
That reduced oil production by a third. (Source: Fox Facts: Hurricane Katrina Damage, Fox News, August 29, 2016.) But it did most of its damage after it hit Louisiana August 29, 2005. That was after the National Hurricane Center reclassified down to a Category 3 hurricane. It impacted 93,000 square miles. Its storm surge crested at 27 feet. (Source: Katrina Timeline, National Geographic.) The Facts on Hurricane Katrina's Damage. Hurricane Katrina cost $108 billion. Insurance covered $80 billion of the losses.