The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the reach
of the Obama health care law, rescuing the program from a potentially
fatal legal challenge for the second time since Obamacare's inception.
By a 6-3 vote, the justices said consumers
qualify for a subsidy that lowers the cost of premiums whether they buy
their coverage through federal or state exchanges. Chief Justice John
Roberts wrote the opinion.
"Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to
improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them. If at all
possible, we must interpret the Act in a way that is consistent with the
former, and avoids the latter," the court wrote in its majority opinion.
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