California Population 36,961,664
Texas Population 24,782,302
Difference 12,179,362
- Texas has 12.1 million less people than California. That is 33% less people.
- California's total budget for orthodontic (braces) care for children on Medicaid is $19 million.
- Texas spent $184 million on Orthodontics for children on Medicaid in 2010.
- Texas spent 9.68 times, almost 10 times as much of their tax dollars on 33% less people!
How do you explain this!
How do you explain how one Texas dentist, all by himself, was paid $22 million. This is 1.16 times as much as the entire state of California has budgeted! One dentist!!
Yes, Carlos Navarro, and his Orthodonix center brought home 1.16 times as much of your tax dollars as the whole state of California used.
