California’s ambulance fraud is a red-light emergency

Published May 14, 2026 11:00am ET



I’ve litigated Medicaid fraud cases involving millions of stolen dollars. So I know a scam when I see one, and ambulance financing in California is raising red flags from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. 

The mechanics of fraud are often complex, but the underlying pattern is usually the same: a financial structure gets exploited for selfish purposes. It doesn’t matter whether the system was originally designed to help ordinary people. Fraudsters will find it and extract as much money as they can.

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