No more sunny days in the Pacific Northwest.. cloudy most of the year.

Water evaporation due to higher water/air temps have lead to more significant cloud cover in the Pacific Northwest...You wait out 9 months of winter cloudy skies just to have a few sun breaks in the 3 summer months..It wasn't like this when I was a kid here in the 70's and 80's and early 90's.

It's really Awful not haveing the sunshine anymore...getting worse every year.....and alot more rain too....

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When the topic of expansion of Medicare is brought up, the limited coverage of Medicare is not always mentioned. When I had surgery not long ago, I had to go to the hospital ahead of time to have what ar known as pre-surgical tests. In the pre-surgery waiting room, there was a notice posted which stated that pre-surgical testing is not covered by Medicare and that the patient would be responsible for the charges. These would probably amount to over $1000. Unless a patient has other coverage such as a Medicare supplement plan or has a Medicare Advantage plan that covers this item, the patient would have to pay for the tests, which are required before having surgery. The hospital added on their notice that they try and get the physicians to limit the tests to only those which are necessary.

Many elderly and disabled people need glasses to see, but Medicare does not cover eye exams for routine vision or contacts or eyeglasses.

Recentlly, PBS Frontline did a report on the large number of Americans who have no dental coverage and cannot afford to go see a dentist. Medicare does not provide any dental coverage except in very specialized, limited circumstances as I understand it. Dental services in the U.S. are more expensive than in many other countries. The program indicated that there are children who can die from an infected tooth if it is not treated. A lady who had not been to a dentist in years was in excruciating pain. She went to a temporary free health clinic that included limited dental services. They could not put in any crowns at this event because the equipment and time were both limited, so in her case, the dentist pulled all of the teeth that were causing her pain and then promised to arrange for her to receive free dentures at an affilated dental clinic. The show then went on to report on two corporate dental chains, the first of which specializes in dentistry for children with Medicaid. Most private dentists do not accept Medicaid patients any more due to the low reimbursement rate. In two states, Frontline along with the Center for Public Integrity found that the company's clinics installed more crowns in children than was the average for all dentists in Medicaid. The reimbursement rate for crowns is about twice as much as it would be for a regular filling. One mother was dissatisfied with the dental services her daughter received. She told the dentists to stop trying to install a crown because the anesthetic had worn off and the girl was in pain. The replacement dentist who came in got the crown on, but it fell off later on. The woman's daughter was referred to another dental office. That dentist found that one of the teeth that was supposed to have been crowned only had a stain on it that was cleaned off. The dentist and the mother both questioned whether the other teeth that had been worked on even had any cavities in the first place, and if the corporate clinic was just making the whole thing up. A former employee of the dental chain said that after time went on, they had daily financial goals that had to be met. Then, the program turned to another dental chain for adults. A truck driver with a tooth ache was shown. He had not gone to the dentist for years because of the cost. The dentist said that he needed dentures. The proposed cost was $6000. The dentist advised him to select the best guarantee for the dentures that he could manage. He then spoke with the clinic manager, a non-dentist, about the different packages that they have and how much it would cost. An outside finance company offers a health credit card at a high interest rate. These companies start charging interest even before the work begins. The CEO denied that bonuses are paid, but a dentist who used to work thecompany ir said that they were paid extra on the basis of sales volume. One eldelry patient initially only wanted one tooth worked on, but she came away with a bill for thousands of dollars. The company claimed that she expressed a desire to have a completely new smile, involving work on several teeth.

I have heard of dentists who push crowns over fillings, when a filling could be replaced with a new filling if need be, and dishonest dentists who say that teeth have decay when another dentist would or did not find those problems. But most dentists I am sure do a decent job, and if someone is in pain and has an infection, not providing treatment is inhumane.

The other thing is that an expansion of Medicare should Medicaid, if it would be truly a single payer plan. Too many right-wing governors will agree to the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The only way to cover those people who would otherwise be eligible would be through a federal program that would cover everyone who does not have health insurance. Even if Vermont eventually gets a single=payer program, that would not help those in other, more conservative states. Many doctors do not take Medicaid, and some also do not take Medicare patients because of the reimbusement schedule. All of these improvements would cost money, money which the federal government does not currently have.

I think we should round up all the climate change deniers, starting with the most comfortable ones who spent small fortunes proclaiming it was a hoax, and make each of them go help one household as it tries to recover from damage to houses, loss of food in refrigerator, and all the other consequences that flow from climate change. In addition, we can send one each to every older person without AC to help them through these weeks--run errands, find a fan or two, or whatever needs to be done to help these people recover from the immediate climate change disasters.They could be assigned to help clean up in Duluth and some other towns in Minnesota who have suffered a once in a lifetime flood disaster. Or go help put out fires in the west. If people vote in ignorance, and fail all compassion tests that affecct others, they need to fully experience its consequences.

In response to a caller on today's show, Dick Cheney did not as you thought undergo a heart transplate operaton at Bethesda Naval Hospital, which is in Maryland. Reports indicated that his surgery took place at a hospital in Virginia, which did not seem to be a military hospital, probably in Northern Virginia, or suburban Washington. I just wanted to point this out.

Was it just me or did Carrie just use talking points to debate with Thom? I personally think she sounded like a petulant child

Folks take the time to check out Romneycare, and you will find out that most everyone in Mass. love it. It started out costing lots of money, but ask the new Governor and he will tell you that today it costs only 2% of their budget.The same thing will happen with our new AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. A vote for R will take us backwards, while a vote for D will continue the USA going forward. On entitlements that the Koch-Teapublicans want to eliminate, congress has the biggest. They make their own pay, healthcare,and retirements and are ripping off the tax payers. We need an amendment to our constutition, that we the people will vote on congress's entitlements. First and foremost, all active and retired congressman and woman, will go on the affordable care act like the rest of us. Second their wages shall be reduced and limited to $100,000.00 per year, Third no one shall have a retirement with less than 12 years service, and then they get one third of their pay as their pension. Government entitlements must be revised, they are unaffordable and out of control. They will not get a raise until Social Security has it's 2.4 trillion dollars in IOU's put back into a locked box, and medicare made secure once and for all. We the people pay/paid for our S.S.& mecicare fix it then keep your dirty hands off of it. Also only one retirement paid, no matter how many Government jobs you have had, no more double and tripple dipping, for your local government jobs to the USA government jobs. It shall be one third of the top paid job that they have had. Why should their benefits be any better than the average person's.

Oh THom! Would you PULEEEZZZ stop the Ayn Rand Witch Hunt!!! Her Philosophy of Objectivism is just that... a PHILOSOPHY!!! Granted the misguided Conservatives are misquoting, misrepresenting, and totally MISSING her point, BUT that does not mean that you have to be as ignorant as they are. Ayn Rand has NOTHING to do with healthcare. Please, if I am wrong, send me at least one quote to convince me that you are right. My email is Grandpa_Seeber@hotmail.com. Educate me! Show me where Ayn Rand's philosophy rejects proper health care. I am waiting, willing, WANTING to be disproven. (No generalities please.)

There are some diseases that could be, and should be, made easier and cheaper to obtain medications for without a doctor's prescription. The medications or devices that now require a doctor's prescription, if made cheaply available as over-the-counter would do a lot to help bring these diseases down to a manageable level and people wouldn't have to fear not having a doctor or insurance. High blood pressure and diabetes, asthma, and other chronic diseases could all be drastically reduced and kept in check by over-the-counter drugs.

The medical establishment is always trying to sell us on the validity of risks associated with say...getting a flu shot. Some people have complications...very few...and the doctors say "we have to weigh the possible benefits against the unlikely negative effects that a few people might suffer". There is certainly risk in everything we do and taking some of these over-the-counter drugs are no exception. But, some of the leading chronic diseases, like asthma, high blood pressure, and diabetes, if caught and treated early enough would help in preventing more terrible conditions.

Many people, who cannot afford medical insurance, a doctor, or many of the medicines that can only be gotten by prescription are just plain not receiving these medications. The important thing here is "not receiving the medications" not "not seeing a doctor )or making some insurance company CEO filthy rich)".

The majority of people who are now not receiving medications are getting sicker by the day and may die sooner than they might have. And many people, buying otc meds...who can read, can be warned (if not in small print and in language simple enough to understand) what other meds they should not take in conjunction with the meds they buy at the drug store.

I think the insurance companies, pharmaceuticals, and medical industry use the excuse that it is better to err on the side of the patient spending a lot of money on their services (doctors fees, scads of lab tests, etc) so that not one individual is at risk...on the one hand...but on the other they argue that "well, you'd better all get your flu shots despite the fact that some might die from them".

When was the last time they were concerned about you getting an insurance-covered lab test to ensure that you won't have an adverse reaction to a flu shot? It is all money vs. risk. Just like the exploding gas tanks in some cars a bunch of years ago...Money vs. risk..if the cost of law suits is so minimal compared to the profits they stand to make then they take the risk..and a few people die.

Lots of people know they have high blood pressure or even suspect they may have diabetes, or on the verge of getting diabetes, and there is no over the counter drugs for these diseases available anywhere in US drug stores.

I noticed that in Mexico they do sell lots of various medications over the counter without prescriptions. Yes, the US is way down on many lists in the "civilized world" and these corporate criminals and their puppet politicians should be ashamed of themselves.