These infections are only the tip of the iceberg. Medical errors kill similar numbers every year.
Any other industry that charges as much and still loses customers at these rates would have been shut down long ago.
You can understand why so many are advocates of national health care even though the results would be even worse.
I believe there should be greater transparency of information with regard to these sorts of events. As a consumer I'd like to have access to mortality rates, infection rates, etc. so I could make an informed choice of hospital/physician. However, there are those who say such a system will make it difficult for high-risk patients to receive treatment.