United Health Group’s pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, stopped covering Cole Schmidtknecht’s ‘life-changing’ inhaler, suit ...

Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, couldn't pay for his daily inhaler due to the “prohibitively expensive” price increase. Two weeks ...

Shanon and William Schmidtknecht, of Poynette, say their 22-year-old son Cole was told the cost had jumped from $66 to $539 ...

A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a ...

He managed his symptoms with Advair Diskus — the brand name for fluticasone and salmeterol, medications that help control the symptoms of asthma when taken daily. GSK, the manufacturer of Advair ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Shanon and Bill Schmidtknecht tell Rhian Lubin of their grief for son Cole and their fight for a fairer health insurance system ...

The family of a 22-year-old Wisconsin man has filed a lawsuit claiming that he died from a preventable asthma attack after ...

The pharmacy allegedly told him his insurance no longer covered the medication ... Schmidtknecht’s asthma attack, Shanon said, she tried to fill her husband’s Advair prescription at their ...

In their suit, Shanon and William Schmidtknect allege that Optum operates as part of a prescription drug "oligopoly" that ...

A Wisconsin couple has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota-based Optum Rx and Walgreens for their son’s asthma-related death ...