Skiff Medical Center’s elected board and administrators breathed a sigh of relief Thursday during their regular monthly meeting after hearing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding President Obama’s health care law.

Its passage allows Skiff to continue receiving millions of dollars from the expanded Medicare Demonstration Program, which allows Skiff-size hospitals to get total reimbursement for costs associated with inpatient cares on Medicare patients.

Hospital president and CEO Steve Long told board members that the decision affirmed the hospital’s strategic plan and upgrades over the next four years.