Following the death of their son, a Poynette couple is taking on one of America's largest pharmacy chains as well as one of ...
Optum Rx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the family of Cole ...
The company blamed for the death of a young Wisconsin man who died from an asthma attack after his medication price rose from ...
In January 2024, 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht went to Walgreens to fill a prescription for an asthma inhaler. He was told the price of the inhaler had increased from $66 to $539 out-of-pocket, ...
It's the first time we're hearing from one of the plaintiffs accused of raising the price of an asthma inhaler out of reach ...
The lawsuit complaint, filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, seeks financial compensation for damages, including the suffering Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, ...
A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits company alleging their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 jump in the cost of his asthma medication ...
Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, passed away on Jan. 21, 2024, after a sudden $500 spike in his asthma medication. A year to the day ...
MADISON, Wis. ( WMTV /Gray News) - A couple is suing Optum Rx and Walgreens for alleged negligence and unspecified damages after their son died of an asthma attack after he stopped taking his ...
In January 2024, the cost of Cole Schmidtknecht’s maintenance asthma inhaler, which had previously been covered by insurance, was raised from $65 to more than $500, according to his parents.