What to know about the 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after his inhaler price spiked to $539
Diagnosed with asthma as a baby, Cole Schmidtknecht took the inhaler daily as a preventive medication since he was about 13, ...
Company says family of Wisconsin man who died after inhaler price jumped have no grounds to sue
Optum Rx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the family of Cole ...
Man dies of asthma attack after inhaler cost skyrockets to more than $500
United Health Group’s pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, stopped covering Cole Schmidtknecht’s ‘life-changing’ inhaler, suit ...
OptumRX responds to Wisconsin family’s lawsuit for asthma death
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 ...
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Wisconsin man died after asthma inhaler cost skyrocketed to $539, lawsuit says
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 ...
'Incomplete picture': Prescription benefit manager pushes to dismiss lawsuit over 22-year-old's asthma death after inhaler price jump
The company blamed for the death of a young Wisconsin man who died from an asthma attack after his medication price rose from ...
22-year-old died of asthma attack after inhaler price went up over $500, parents say
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 ...
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Company says family of Wisconsin man who died after inhaler price jumped have no grounds to sue
The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht, an Appleton man who died in January 2024 after suffering a severe asthma attack just days after his family says he stopped using his preventative inhaler due to ...
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Wisconsin man died after asthma inhaler cost skyrocketed to $539, lawsuit says
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, ...
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22-year-old died of asthma attack after inhaler price went up over $500, parents say
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.