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Fred Mogul

  • Paula and Ron Faber walk their dog Millie in 2009, between cancer diagnoses.
    Terminally Ill, But Constantly Hospitalized
    Fred Mogul
    Surveys show Americans would prefer not to die in a hospital. Yet, in New York City, the majority of people do. But the reason is not simple.
  • New York City's Bloomberg Leaves Mixed Results On Health
    Fred Mogul
    Bloomberg reduced smoking in New York City but failed to match that much copied success with other campaigns, such as one to lower obesity rates by regulating the size of sodas sold in city fast-food restaurants.
  • Joey Cappuccitti, who works at a Maximus call center, talks with a person looking for help with New York's insurance exchange.
    New York's Insurance Exchange Readies For Holiday Rush
    Fred Mogul
    As a Dec. 23 enrollment deadline for health insurance that starts Jan. 1 looms, New York state is staffing up its call center and smoothing out the rough spots on its application to meet growing demand. As time runs down, the state is trying to fix technical and design issues that came up when the site debuted in October.
  • New York University's Langone Medical Center in New York City is considered in-network for relatively few of the health plans offered in the state marketplace.
    So You Found An Exchange Plan. But Can You Find A Provider?
    Fred Mogul
    Many health plans being offered on the New York state insurance marketplace do not include some of New York City's biggest hospitals in their networks. And across the state, many doctors say they are not yet participating in exchange plans at all.
  • Big-Name Drugs Are Falling Off The 'Patent Cliff'
    Fred Mogul
    Dozens of popular high-end pharmaceuticals — from Lipitor to Nexium to Plavix — are going off-patent in the coming months and years. That will lead to a big drop in drug costs. But analysts say that could be offset by a price increase in other areas.
  • Shunning the Bunny in New York
    Fred Mogul
    The Christian Cultural Center in New York is stressing that Easter is not just about chocolate bunnies and Easter egg hunts. As Fred Mogul of member station WNYC reports, the center wants its congregation to celebrate Christ's resurrection.