Everyone got $2000. Then they got $2400 for three month rent subsidy. ( They are entitled to 18 mo free rent). The rent subsidy only cost $2b. Now $9b for Medicaid. You wonder why medical insurance is expensive. Ask the legislators. My Medicare HMO costs more than my monthly check and now includes free health club membership called Silver Sneakers.
Is that a fact, what entitlement program? Why did they implement an unemployment program then? In my house the check goes to food and housing first. All these displaced people had to have some form of income, even if it was a government check.
Actually, very few people got the infamous $2000. It went only to people in Red Cross shelters in Texas.
My family evacuated to Mississippi, and we are not eligible for anything from the government. Fortunately, we all had insurance on our houses, like responsible adults. We also had savings, like responsible adults.
Nevertheless, we are screwed. We all have health insurance through our jobs. We all lost our jobs, because our employers' facilities are no longer functioning. Under COBRA we can keep our health insurance, but we have to pay the premiums in full. My license is not valid outside Louisiana, and no state offers reciprocity. So now I have a temporary part-time job paying 20% what I was earning a month ago.
All things considered, I'm one of the lucky evacuees. Still, lots of good, hard-working, responsible people are really suffering.