” Does basic include a $250K brain surgery that will likely extend life for one year?”

This is really the crux of the problem. Why should it cost $250,000 FOR AN OPERATION? I KNOW HEART BYPASS OPERATIONS ARE ALSO EXHORBITANTLY EXPENSIVE, why? I know many people will say it’s because of medical malpractice insurance, are our doctors that incompetent, I don’t think so but maybe I am wrong. Antbody out there care to explain why an operation can cost in the neighborhood of $100,000? I don’t get it!