Diagnosed with asthma as a baby, Cole Schmidtknecht took the inhaler daily as a preventive medication since he was about 13, ...

Boston’s bid to hold two pharmacy benefit managers legally accountable for their alleged roles in the opioid epidemic under RICO and public nuisance claims was dismissed by a federal judge because it ...

A Wisconsin couple are suing Walgreens and Optum Rx over their son's death, claiming he was unable to afford a sudden spike ...

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

Cole Schmidtknecht had chronic asthma since he was a child, and had used a steroid inhaler to control his symptoms for more ...

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 ...

The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht are suing Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, over the 22-year-old ...

The Schmidtknechts allege that pharmacy benefits management company OptumRX violated Wisconsin law by raising the cost of the medication without a valid medical reason and failing to provide 30 ...

A Wisconsin man reportedly passed away in extreme agony after the price of his inhaler shot skyrocketed from $67 to $540, and ...

They told him there were no cheaper alternatives or generic medications available, they didn't contact OptumRx to request an exception on Cole's behalf, and they didn't ask Cole's doctor to ...