Right? Overpaid for by a lot, too. Just so he could turn it off whenever his buddy Putin asked.

He sees a model of oligarchy he likes. What else is needed? He has more money than anyone could ever spend in a thousand lifetimes. But now he has power, and it was so, so easy for him.

Not really. He was born wealthy, remember?

But for the most part, patients aren’t really their customers. Employers are. They may want to decrease premiums, but making changes is difficult and at most an annual event. It is very, very far from a free market in the US.