Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday preserved a key element of the Obamacare law that helps guarantee that health insurers cover preventive care such as cancer screenings at no cost to patients. The justices in a 6-3 decision reversed a lower court's ruling that the U.

The Affordable Care Act required insurers to cover preventive care at no cost to patients. Some Christian businesses in Texas challenged that.