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Democrats said it was finally time to accept that the Affordable Care Act was here to stay. Republicans vowed to keep trying to get rid of the law, but conceded that at this point, their best chance would be by winning back the White House next year. And people like Margaret McElwain, who has breast cancer and a part-time job at Target, exulted over the Supreme Court’s decision to allow health insurance subsidies to keep flowing to more than six million Americans in the 34 states that did not establish their own online insurance marketplaces under the law. (Goodnough and Tavernise, 6/25)

Thursday's Supreme Court decision, upholding the insurance subsidies for about 6.4 million consumers in 34 states, is a relief to more than those lower-income Americans. It also helps avert a crisis in the health care and insurance markets that would have sent ripples through the businesses that insure their own workers, experts say. ... There was also concern about the confusion a decision ending subsidies would have created among workers. For example, dependents who bought their own subsidized plans on the federal exchange because it was cheaper than being on a parent's plan, would likely have wanted to get on parents' plans, she said. (O'Donnell and Ungar, 6/25)

For months, 60-year-old Celia Maluf, of Miami, has been filled with dread over the Supreme Court's decision on the Obamacare subsidies. Had the Court sided with the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell, more than 6 million Americans in 34 states that rely on the federal marketplace would have lost their subsidies. (Andrews, 6/25)

Across the country, people who used the federal health insurance exchange to buy subsidized health insurance expressed relief about Thursday’s ruling in King v. Burwell. "I felt like I was out at the edge of a cliff," said Steve Creswell, 63, of Hixson, Tenn., who feared the loss of his subsidy would have increased his insurance premium from $27 a month to over $400. (Galewitz, 6/25)

Throughout the country, relief was the dominant emotion among consumers who get help from the government to lower their health insurance costs following Thursday's Supreme Court ruling upholding the subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Many consumers expressed somewhat conflicting views: They were happy their monthly premiums would continue to be affordable but exasperated by the coverage the policies purchased on the new health care exchanges provide. (Johnson, 6/25)

More than 6 million Americans who stood to lose federal help in paying for health insurance got a break on Thursday when the Supreme Court upheld one of the most important provisions of Obamacare: the federal subsidies. The Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the subsidies, one of the main provisions of so-called Obamacare. That means people like Tony Teffeteller don't have to worry about paying for their health insurance. (Fox, 6/25)

Thursday's Supreme Court ruling validating federal health insurance subsidies for nearly 6.4 million Americans had consumers breathing a sigh of relief that they would be able to afford their policies, but the reaction was markedly different from governors and lawmakers in states that have fought against the Affordable Care Act. (Kennedy, 6/25)