Las Vegas' medical mafia

Las Vegas' medical mafia

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LAS VEGAS (Fortune) -- It began as the most ordinary of fender-benders. Cynthia Johnson, an office manager for a real estate company, was driving to work on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas strip when a fellow commuter clipped the rear bumper of her Toyota Avalon, propelling it into the truck in front. No one seemed hurt, and the drivers exchanged information.

The accident, on June 12, 2002, might have been forgotten. But Johnson woke up the next day with back pain. She went to her regular doctor but was told that she'd have to pay all her treatment costs upfront, since a car accident coul

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We love it when the little guy makes out like a bandit against the big insurance companies even when they have to lie to do it. Every city in American has their own lawyer/medical mafias sticking it to the taxpayers who always bear the costs of such lawsuits with higher taxes and higher insurance premiums.

Long live the ambulance chasing lawyers!

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