The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government can provide tax subsidies to help low-income and midde-class Americans buy health insurance, whether they buy their policies on the federally-run exchange or state-run exchanges, The New York Times' Adam Liptak reports. The decision was 6-3 with only Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissenting.
At issue was whether subsidies were only available to people buying insurance on "an exchange established by the state."
About 85 percent of customers using the exchanges qualify for subsidies, Liptak reports.
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