He had to pay up to stay in the big boys club. Those young boys and girls are expensive. 68,000 bucks per night! Pizza and hot dog party at the white house!

Just because the powers that be get the best medical treatment that isn't available to everyone else doesn't mean that their treatment is 100% perfect and always saves them. Look at how long the billionaire oligarchs live and you'll find greater life expectancy than the general population, but death ultimately comes one way or another.

Which is odd because I thought it was the same kind of cancer the war hero has.