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The worst part was arguing with the insurance company because he wanted to go to the hospital in Miami and not Fort Lauderdale, and worrying that he couldn't make the co-payments on his treatment.

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His most lucrative push began in the mid-1990s, letting him reap prodigious profits on 1, 400 units in South Beach, 4, 000 in downtown Miami and 10, 000 luxury cribs in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm (nasdaq: PALM - news - people ) Beach, North Dade and South Broward counties so far.

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