US Supreme Court has upheld a key portion of President Barack Obama's healthcare law in a 6-3 decision.
The court ruled the law as a whole made subsidies available for people in all 50 states, not just those who bought insurance through a state exchange.
The high court case was the second major challenge to the healthcare law- often known as Obamacare - since its passage.
The decision is major victory for the Obama administration.
"Congress passed the Affordable Care act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the opinion.
If the law was overturned, 6.4 million Americans would have been at risk of losing aid.
Opponents of the law argued that the phrase "established by the state" demonstrated that the healthcare subsidies should have only been available for people in states that set up exchanges.
However, most Americans receiving subsidies purchase healthcare through the federal exchange after many states decided not to set up their own marketplaces.
/BBC
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