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.
The most popular variety of sweet potatoes is perhaps Yam that has a moist flesh and has orange color that makes it different from the white skinned sweet potato. Sweet potatoes have many different colors, and they range from white to golden to brown to orange to red skinned sweet potatoes. One property that makes sweet potatoes special is their ability to not to destabilize blood sugar, despite the fact that they are sweeter than their more famous counterpart, brown potatoes.