(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Michael LaMagna, a Partner at Helwig, Henderson, Ryan, LaMagna and Spinola, LLP.) When people ask me why I enjoy healthcare law and all of its related fields, I always answer that healthcare relates to everything. At first glance, the immigration debates seem very separate from the Affordable Care ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Michael LaMagna.) In what certainly can be touted as good news, the Medicare Trustees reported in their annual report that the Medicare Trust Fund, which holds all of our payroll deductions, is scheduled to remain solvent until the year 2026. This is two years greater than reported last year. The ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Michael LaMagna.) We usually associate summer with BBQs, pool parties and the like, but brace yourself because this summer we will be barraged with Obamacare commercials. The White House is just starting their campaign throughout the U.S. urging people to buy health insurance when it becomes ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Michael LaMagna.) If there is one thing that many of us are guilty of, it's neglecting our own health and focusing on our children and their needs. I am sure that most of us are aware that our health plans are now required to keep young adult children on their parent's health plans until they reach ...

Editor's note: This blog post is written by Alex Tolbert, founder of Bernard Health. Our healthcare system is broken partly because consumers don't know what anything costs. As patients become more proactive in making informed healthcare decisions, we all agree this should be fixed. But why is it so hard? Achieving price transparency in ...

Editor's note: This blog post is written by Alex Tolbert, founder of Bernard Health. Our healthcare system is broken partly because consumers don't know what anything costs. As patients become more proactive in making informed healthcare decisions, we all agree this should be fixed. But why is it so hard? Achieving price transparency in ...

Editor's note: This blog post is written by Alex Tolbert, founder of Bernard Health. Our healthcare system is broken partly because consumers don't know what anything costs. As patients become more proactive in making informed healthcare decisions, we all agree this should be fixed. But why is it so hard? Achieving price transparency in ...

Editor's note: This blog post is written by Alex Tolbert, founder of Bernard Health. Our healthcare system is broken partly because consumers don't know what anything costs. As patients become more proactive in making informed healthcare decisions, we all agree this should be fixed. But why is it so hard? Achieving price transparency in ...

Earlier this week, Vermont legislature became the first legislative body in the nation to approve death-with-dignity legislation, with Gov. Peter Shumlin vowing to sign the bill into law. In a press release issued by end-of-life choice advocacy group Compassion & Choices, President Barbara Coombs Lee, PA, FNP, JD, said, ''This historic ...

(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Michael LaMagna.) With all of the talk regarding the sequester and budget cuts, I decided to focus on what the fiscal 2014 budget would mean to the 54 million+ Medicare beneficiaries, if the budget was passed in its current state. Currently, the 2014 proposed fiscal budget contains $4 trillion in ...