The AMA and more than 120 other national medical organizations and state medical societies last week called on Congress to pass legislation to reverse the 3.37% Medicare physician pay cuts that took effect Jan. 1.

But Congress kicked the can down the road, passing a continuing resolution (CR) that funds four appropriations bills through March 1 and the other eight through March 8 to avoid a government shutdown. While that CR did delay cuts to safety-net hospitals, community health centers and more, it did not reverse the physician pay cut—a clear disservice to the country’s Medicare patients and the doctors who care for them.

My latest for the AMA. Read the whole shebang.