Unhealthy obsession

25 June 2015 By Daniel Indiviglio

The top U.S. court upheld subsidies for health coverage bought on federal markets. The president’s landmark reform is popular and, now, entrenched enough to survive. Even if Republicans win the White House in 2016, they need to stop wasting time on the issue and start governing.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 rejected a challenge to the 2010 Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform. The case focused on whether the act created subsidies for health coverage purchased on state-run insurance markets but not for exchanges established by the federal government.

The court ruled 6-3 that, although the statute’s language was ambiguous, in the context of other provisions, it clearly called for subsidies to insurance purchases on both state and federal markets. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, while Justice Antonin Scalia authored a dissent.

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