The husband of “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin has been accused of insurance fraud in a sweeping federal lawsuit.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel “Manny” Hostin and his practice, Hostin Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, were named among more than 180 defendants in a major RICO case filed in New York on Dec. 17.
According to The Daily Mail, Hostin and the other defendants were allegedly receiving “kickbacks” for performing surgeries and fraudulently billing the insurance company that provides for Uber, Lyft and other taxi companies.
“Hostin knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries,” the lawsuit claims, per The Daily Mail, adding that the American Transit Insurance Company, which filed the lawsuit, was billed “in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.”
In a press release announcing the $450 million lawsuit, American Transit said, “The federal court complaint, filed in the Eastern District of New York, alleges that the defendants sought to take advantage of New York’s no-fault auto insurance laws, which require insurance companies to reimburse their policyholders for the cost of necessary and documented medical care up to $50,000 for personal or private passenger vehicles ($200,000 for taxis and for-hire vehicles in New York City) for injuries arising out of an accident regardless of fault. These substantial possible no-fault recoveries can incentivize providers with ill intent to over-diagnose, over-treat, and over-bill to recover the most money for themselves.”
According to The Daily Mail, the lawsuit alleges Hostin was given an “investment” interest in the Empire State Ambulatory Surgery Center while receiving a “steady stream” of patient referrals in return.
Two of Hostin’s patients cited in the lawsuit were allegedly treated in January 2023 following involvement in “low-impact” collisions that were said to have only caused minimal damage, “no more than soft-tissue injuries,” but both received arthroscopic surgery.
Hostin’s attorney told The Daily Mail his client denies all the allegations and called the filing a “blanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance carrier.”
“It is meant to intimidate and harass doctors from collecting for care given to American Transit insureds and their passengers,” attorney Daniel Thwaites told The Daily Mail. “The real story here is about an insurance carrier abusing the legal system to limit and restrict health care benefits to its insureds and their passengers, and write off its proper obligations.”
Last month, Sunny Hostin spoke about her husband’s work on “The View” while discussing the health insurance industry in the aftermath of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Hostin and her husband have been married since 1998 and have two children.
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More corruption from the elite left.
As a bystander I like to express my observation of the American Judicial system after moving to the US more than 60 years ago. Compared to other countries, on the surface our Judicial System is the most humane in the World.
But it does not take away that I am very terified how it is being applied across the board. Regardless of the CONSTITUTION OR BILL OF RIGHTS the Lawyers always find clever ways to interpret the LAW. Looking from the outside IN I noticed early on that the system is geared in favor of the rich. Just think of the SIMPSON and BALDWIN case both got away with murder. The system has been able to operate with impunity thanks to the MSM coverup.
Many books has been written about our corrupt system and every time the MSM calls them CONSPIRACY THEORY. Untill Trump got elected and dared to call them FAKE NEWS that’s when the termites start to come out of the woodwork and openly calls for impeachment and LAWFARE for eight years long and tried to bankrupt him through constant litigation, they brazenly disregard the rules of judicial system. Nothing different from Putin, Si Jinping and Rocket Man I am still shaking in my booths after eight long years, with the return of Trump in the White House you start to see the most despicable swamp creatures slighter away.
Ok lets consider the Medical Insurance Industry and the providers who administer to the patients. Each group have their lawyers write the policy procedures in LEGALESE so no client of either group understand the contents.
The problems starts to surface when claims need to be paid. And often behind the scenes between Insurer and Medical Provider things get resolved at the expense of the client. There is no clear cut way to determine who the defrauder is unless all the bills can be examined transparently. If Hostin is found to be dishonest then the Law should determine the punishment. With the new Administration we hope that LAWFARE IS PUT IN THE DUSTBIN AND NEVER allowed to return. The slightest attempt a judge tried to resurrect LAWFARE he need to be disbarred immediately.