In a 6-3 ruling in the landmark King v. Burwell case, the Supreme Court has voted to uphold subsidies for millions of Americans who purchased health insurance on the federal marketplace.
Chief Justice Roberts’ key sentence in the majority opinion sums up the foundation of the Court’s reasoning: “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.”
This is very good news for Virginia residents, since Virginia is one of 34 states which decided not to establish their own health insurance exchange, and instead use the federal marketplace.
You can read the Court’s full opinion here.