Bernie Sanders Downplays Dead Vets: Thousands a Year Die from Medical Mistakes

On CSPAN’s “Newsmakers” earlier this week, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chair Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said while discussing delays in health care for veterans at VA hospitals because of false waiting list that overall veterans receive excellent care. Sanders said “between 200,000-400,000 people a year die in American hospitals” because of medical mistakes.

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