Healthcare Upheld
June 25, 2015 7:13 AM   Subscribe

King vs. Burwell upheld 6-3. Chief Justice writing for the court. Subsidies are available in all states regardless of whether they established a state exchange.
posted by leotrotsky (6 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: If there are important decisions to discuss, probably better to put together a post that has some lay-reader-friendly explanations/analyses too? -- LobsterMitten



 
Same-sex marriage decision will come tomorrow.
posted by leotrotsky at 7:14 AM on June 25, 2015


The FHA ruling is great, as well.
posted by Elementary Penguin at 7:15 AM on June 25, 2015 [1 favorite]


A good day for the left, although a finding for the plaintiffs would have made conservatives look straight-up evil come election season.

Also, yay on SCOTUS for surprising us by deciding not to give bigots more freedom to discriminate in housing laws!
posted by zombieflanders at 7:16 AM on June 25, 2015


Yay!
posted by allthinky at 7:17 AM on June 25, 2015


WOOHOO!
posted by yoink at 7:17 AM on June 25, 2015


From the majority opinion: "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them."
posted by leotrotsky at 7:18 AM on June 25, 2015


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