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

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

The company blamed for the death of a young Wisconsin man who died from an asthma attack after his medication price rose from ...

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

His parents have now filed a lawsuit against both the pharmacy benefits-management company and Walgreens, claiming they are ...

Wisconsin family sues Walgreens and OptumRx, alleging their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 spike in his ...

21, a year to the day that their son Cole died at age 22. According to the lawsuit, Cole Schmidtknecht suffered from asthma ...

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 ...

21, a year to the day that their son Cole died at age 22. According to the lawsuit, Cole Schmidtknecht suffered from asthma ...

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

The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, are suing Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, over the Wisconsin man's death in 2024.