This is true - but they're usually more predictable. Absolutely nothing in the US healthcare market is guaranteed. And, tbh, in healthcare there can always be

This is true - but they're usually more predictable. Absolutely nothing in the US healthcare market is guaranteed. And, tbh, in healthcare there can always be complications - a simple surgery or treatment might turn into something much more extensive if things weren't as they appeared initially or there's some abnormal response to treatment.