1 This is a significant increase over the 3% level of outlier claims paid in the early years of the program (2000 through 2002.). 2  More than 84% of the outlier payments were made to agencies in three statesâ Florida, California and Texasâthat account for only 23.4% of Medicare enrollees.
Sweet Potatoes are a tropical plant. This means that they grow well in USDA hardiness zones 9, 10, and 11. This area includes most of the southern and south-western United States. If starting your own slips, start sprouting them in March or April.
* Central Americans were raising sweet potatoes when Christopher Columbus first landed on their shores in 1492. He liked the vegetable so much that on his fourth voyage, he took some home to grow in Europe. * Explorer Fernando De Soto in the 1500s lost âprovisionsâ that became North Americaâs first mustangs and wild hogs. But, he became the first European to find Indian-grown sweet potatoes on the continent.