A compromise, bipartisan Senate proposal that would extend cost-sharing reduction payments through 2019 and implement other changes aimed at stabilizing the individual health insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act should be passed by Congress.

That was the message put forth today by the AMA, which has long urged legislators to take action to address the instability that could be caused by the lack of funding for the CSR payments, which help reduce the out-of-pocket costs borne by low-income Americans.

My latest at AMA Wire. Read the whole shebang.