I was on a multi-corporate task force on medical errors in the late 1990s and the working number was about 80,000 deaths per year. I remember GM saying that st

I was on a multi-corporate task force on medical errors in the late 1990s and the working number was about 80,000 deaths per year. I remember GM saying that statistically it worked out to something like one GM worker or retiree like every week, and that if they had that kind of mayhem on the assembly line there'd be outrage... but the inept health care system just quietly kills people.