A short-term funding bill unveiled over the weekend entirely fails to address Medicare physician payment cuts that are endangering the medical practices that deliver high-quality care to older adult patients nationwide.

“Physicians across the country are outraged that Congress’s proposed spending package locks in a devastating fifth consecutive year of Medicare cuts, threatening access to care for 66 million Medicare patients,” said AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, an otolaryngologist in Louisville, Kentucky. “Despite repeated warnings, lawmakers are once again ignoring the dire consequences of these cuts and their impact both on patients and the private practices struggling to keep their doors open.”

My latest for the AMA. Read the whole shebang.