Wisconsin man died after asthma inhaler cost skyrocketed to $539, lawsuit says
The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, are suing Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, over the Wisconsin man's death in 2024.
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 ...
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, ...
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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 ...
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What to know about the 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after his inhaler price spiked to $539
On Jan. 10, 2024, 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht went to his pharmacy, the Walgreens at 729 W. Northland Ave. in Appleton, to refill his inhaler prescription — a preventive medication he'd been ...
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Man dies of asthma attack after inhaler cost skyrockets to more than $500
Cole Schmidtknecht expected to pay $66.86 for a three-month supply of his preventative asthma inhalers in January 2024 when he went to his Walgreens pharmacy in Appleton, Wisconsin. The pharmacy ...