"This was a good day for America."
That was President Barack Obama's closing remark during a press conference on the White House lawn Thursday morning after the Supreme Court upheld a crucial part of the Affordable Care Act. Over the objections of justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the high court ruled 6-3 to allow health-insurance subsidies in states with federally facilitiated exchanges, thus preserving coverage for millions of Americans who have signed up since the ACA went into effect in 2014.
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More than 16 million Americans gained health insurance since Obamacare went into effect, and the rate of uninsured Americans is at its lowest level since Gallup began tracking those figues.