Supreme Courts Upholds Health Care Law

Posted on June 28, 2012

On Thursday, the Supreme Court largely upheld the President's health care overhaul in a 5-4 ruling. Filmmaker Peter Nicks of The Waiting Room is taking the public's temperature to the court's decision on twitter @WaitingStories. Send in your feedback and use the hashtag #1in6.

The Waiting Room (heading to Independent Lens next season) goes behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. 

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