The US Supreme Court has dismissed the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, preserving Barack Obama’s flagship healthcare reforms in a major win for progressives.
In a 7-2 opinion released on Thursday, the nine-member bench denied an attempt to invalidate the sweeping Affordable Care Act, including the controversial “individual mandate” that required all Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.
Stephen Breyer wrote the majority opinion, joined by two other liberals, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, as well as four conservatives: chief justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Samuel Alito dissented, joined by fellow conservative Neil Gorsuch.
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