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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (190105)	3/15/2016 10:36:57 AM
From: rayrohn	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 224868

hey Kenny I can cherry pick too lol lets here it for global warming or climate change

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (190105)	3/15/2016 11:37:38 AM
From: rayrohn	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Respond to of 224868

Hey Kenny explain this with ur usually mumbo jumbo

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (190105)	3/15/2016 3:41:39 PM
From: weatherguru	9 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Investor Clouseau isopatch locogringo relewis and 4 more members Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224868

LOL! If global warming caused the rise in temperatures, then what is the cause if they drop? Similarly, if global warming caused the California drought, then what is the cause if reservoirs fill back up to capacity. Everything works in cycles, but you liberals only see things one way. Then you are surprised when the cycle changes the other way. That's why I feel sorry for you. cdec.water.ca.gov Also, why were world's galciers melting faster in the early 1900's when CO2 was < 330 ppm and the Earth's temperature (according to NOAA) was 1.8F cooler, than they are today? For example (and same would be true for Washington, Alaska, and Europe's glaciers)...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (190105)	3/15/2016 4:34:38 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 224868

OBAMACARE COLLAPSE CONTINUES Highmark loses members, takes $773 million loss in Obamacare plans BY WES VENTEICHER \| Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 3:45 p.m. triblive.com About 150,000 people abandoned health insurance plans they had bought from Highmark Inc. on the individual market — including Obamacare plans — for 2016, the insurer announced Tuesday. Enrollment dropped from about 350,000 members for 2015 to about 195,000 members for 2016 for individual plans sold on and off the federal marketplace, said Alexis Miller, Highmark's senior vice president of individual and small group markets. After setting some of the lowest premiums in the country for the federal marketplace's first two years, Highmark lost about $773 million on the plans as treatment costs blew past premiums. The people who bought the plans were older and sicker than people who have Highmark insurance through their employers, and more people picked Highmark plans on the marketplace than expected, Miller said. “Our share in the market was considerably higher than we had anticipated in 2014 and 2015, and I think now what you're seeing is a market adjustment,” she said. About 53,000 people are enrolled in Highmark's individual plans in Western Pennsylvania, according to the insurer. The enrollment total included changes from the Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period, which ended Jan. 31. Highmark announced the total number of people who were enrolled and had made at least one premium payment since signing up. Other insurers in the region have not released their equivalent enrollment numbers. A UPMC spokesman has said that its health plan gained a significant share of the Western Pennsylvania market for Obamacare plans but has not released specific numbers. Highmark has taken aggressive actions to cut losses related to the federal marketplace plans, shrinking networks of hospitals and doctors, reducing or eliminating commissions for brokers who sell the plans, and reducing by 4.5 percent what it pays doctors to treat patients with the plans. Highmark's total enrollment, including people with employer-based insurance and Medicare Advantage, was about 5.2 million people, said Tony Benevento, Highmark's senior vice president of regional markets. Benevento said that number shows Highmark retained 95 percent of members across markets. Wes Venteicher is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at 412-380-5676 or wventeicher@tribweb.com.