(Un)Insured in AmericaOutspoken documentarian Michael Moore, releases his latest critique of America today with his newest film, <a href='http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/index.php?viewed=true'>Sicko</a>. The film focuses on <a href='http://swivel.com/graphs/show/19205711'>Americans</a> whose lives have been affected by the <a href='http://swivel.com/graphs/show/19196830'>health care industry</a>. He <a href='http://swivel.com/graphs/show/19197221'>compares</a> the United States to other countries where citizens receive free medical benefits. In 2004 personal health care expenditures in the <a href='http://swivel.com/graphs/map/18353480?limit_modifier=all&graph%5Blimit%5D=51&commit=%3E'>United States</a> totaled 1.6 trillion dollars, as illustrated by this graph. Hospital care and physician services account for more than half of expenditures. Drug expenditures have doubled since 1980 due to the increasing contribution of prescription drugs to health care services. Private health insurance <a href='http://swivel.com/graphs/show/19205252 '>paid</a> for 36% of total personal health expenditures; the federal government, 34%; local and <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/19200181'>state governments</a>, 10.5% and out of pocket payments, 15%. Personalcarecoverageexpenditurehealthinsurancemoney258200.0Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:37:14 -0700Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:27:53 -0700NataliePieGraphdefaultAmount in Billions