IREG Update - June 26, 2015

THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SURVIVES SUPREME COURT SCRUTINY AGAIN

In a 6-3 decision penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, the United States Supreme Court held that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the "ACA") requires the government to provide tax subsidies to all eligible middle and lower-income people purchasing their health insurance through both the state and federally sponsored health insurance exchanges created by the ACA. The case, titled King v. Burwell, represents the last major legal challenge to the central provisions of the ACA, and the ongoing battle over the existence of the law will return to the realm of electoral politics.

General coverage

• The New York Times