Fact of the day: 80% of the children born in New Orleans are funded by Medicaid. In fact, 24% of the population is covered by Medicaid, at an annual cost of $4.4 billion.
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Periodically, I get comments on this blog saying that this place is all talk, and complaining that I should take action, or at least advocate for it. This story is why I don’t do that. Read more…
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Borepatch · March 6, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Do you mean billion? The whole economy is only around $14T.
Divemedic · March 8, 2012 at 12:45 am
Yes. Fixed it. Thanks. Sometimes big numbers are hard to wrap your head around.
SiGraybeard · March 8, 2012 at 12:56 am
$14 billion here, $14 billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money.
This won't be the case for long. At this rate of spending, the economy is going to collapse soon enough.
Barry · March 14, 2012 at 3:33 am
It's New Orleans. Were you expecting something different? Most of Lousiana is on Gov't aid.
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