SCOTUS backs Obamacare


ASSOCIATED PRESS: The Supreme Court affirmed nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS: The Supreme Court affirmed nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

The justices said in a 6-3 ruling that the subsidies that 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they live, under the 2010 health care law.

The outcome is the second major victory for Obama in politically charged Supreme Court tests of his most significant domestic achievement.

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