Fred Mogul

Healthcare and Medicine Reporter, WNYC News

Fred Mogul appears in the following:

On Health, De Blasio Signals Continuity With Bloomberg

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

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Dr. Mary T. Basset is the new commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Rose Pierre-Louis will lead the Office to Combat Domestic Violence.

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De Blasio's New Right-Hand Man Helped Lead Efforts to Fund NYU Recovery After Sandy

Friday, December 06, 2013

Anthony Shorris, the man appointed by mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to oversee the administration's day-to-day operations, at different times has managed large-scale hospital repairs following Sandy, the World Trade Center redevelopment at Ground Zero, and one of the city’s biggest public housing initiatives in decades.

 

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New York Health Exchange Gears Up for December Rush

Thursday, December 05, 2013

In Albany, state officials and contractors say the New York health insurance exchange—which slowed to a crawl when the website launched in early October—can handle whatever crowds a...

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City May Ban E-Cigarettes from Bars, Restaurants and Parks

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

A new bill being that will be introduced next week in the New York City Council could take some of the oxygen out of the fast-growing market for tobacco-free e-cigarettes.

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Two Months Later, Health Insurance Seekers Find Frustration

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

In New York, 76,177 have signed up for health plans on the state marketplace as of Monday. About 54 percent of those have been eligible for private insurance, and about 46 percent have applied for Medicaid.

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Despite Obama Promise, Cuomo Preserves Health Insurance Status Quo

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

If you like your health plan, you can keep it.

Last week, President Obama restored that pledge, after he was forced to admit the Affordable Care Act had in fact caused many people to lose insurance coverage deemed insufficient under the sweeping federal health law.

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Obamacare: Keeping Your Plan

Friday, November 15, 2013

WNYC reporter Fred Mogul and Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president of Health Initiatives at Community Service Society, discuss the president's announcement yesterday and what you need to...

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Cancelling the Cancellation: Will Insurers Restore Pre-Obamacare Policies?

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Officials in Albany and Trenton are trying to figure out what a new White House proposal means for local insurance companies and the people who used to be their customers.

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Is a New Health Insurance Plan 4 Stars? NY Shoppers Can Judge

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Making a hotel reservation? Buying a smartphone? Deciding on a movie to watch?

One way to choose among the abundance of options is to look at the number of stars they get from reviewers.

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Scarce Providers May Limit Helpfulness of Mental Health Parity Law

Friday, November 08, 2013

The federal government Friday began implementing a law that would require insurers to provide benefits for mental health comparable to those for other medical services.

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Scanners Stumble at Dozens of NYC Polling Sites

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Voters have reported problems at more than 40 different sites around New York City, mostly from malfunctioning scanning machines and confusing directions given by poll workers.

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Sandy Minute-by-Minute: At 11 AM, It's Sandwich Time

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Many of those not directly harmed by Sandy came out to help. At Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the volunteers are still coming, a year later.

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State Officials Mull Another Brooklyn Hospital Merger

Monday, October 28, 2013

As state health officials mull the fate of Brooklyn's struggling hospitals, one plan under discussion would topple three struggling institutions and replace them with a new one. The idea is in the early stages and would be years away.

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NYC's "Horror Show" Streetlights to be Replaced

Thursday, October 24, 2013

The yellow-tinted streetlights gracing much of New York may cast Halloween-appropriate lighting, but the city will be jettisoning them in favor of brighter, more energy-efficient bulbs.

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Red Hook Hurricane Drill a Reminder of NYCHA's Unfinished Sandy Repairs

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

As the one-year anniversary of Sandy approaches, public housing residents in Brooklyn came out Wednesday to receive disaster-preparedness information from the New York City Housing Authority.

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New York Releases First Obamacare Exchange Figures

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

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For weeks, the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo had only released piecemeal figures on how many New Yorkers have been using the New York State of Health to apply for health coverage, but for the first time it's clear how many have actually enrolled with insurance plans–-the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act.

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City Wants Health Department to Assume New Role with Mentally Ill

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

A proposed New York City Health Department initiative would target people suffering a "first episode" of schizophrenia—and give the city a more active role in treating many mentally ill New Yorkers.

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Report: Nursing Home Shift Needs More Oversight

Sunday, October 20, 2013

A new report raises questions about managed care companies using poor performing nursing homes in their networks.

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Water Now Flowing in Last Manhattan Stretch of Historic Water Tunnel

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Third Tunnel has been under construction since 1970 — and the Manhattan stretch is finally complete.

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Health Survey Aims to Take Pulse of NYC

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Between now and the end of the year, the city is conducting one of the nation's most extensive surveys of urban health.

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