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 ...
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Young Wisconsin man dies from asthma attack after price of inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500: lawsuit
From birth, Cole Schmidtknecht suffered from chronic asthma that he treated with an Advair Diskus inhaler that cost ... inhaler designed for daily use," the lawsuit continued.
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A 22-year-old from Appleton died after his inhaler price skyrocketed. His parents are suing.
At Walgreens, Cole was informed the medication he had long relied on for daily use was no longer covered by his insurance ... OptumRx discontinued coverage of the inhaler Cole used, Advair Diskus, and ...
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.
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22-Year-Old With Chronic Asthma Died After Inhaler Price Went From $66 to $539: Lawsuit
According to the lawsuit, OptumRx, a company that acts as a middleman between pharmacies, insurance plans and drug companies, updated its 2024 formulary stating that a patient using Advair Diskus or a ...
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Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, OptumRx over son's death linked to medication price hike
He managed it with daily inhaler doses of the medication Advair Diskus and its generic equivalents.He stopped at a Walgreens pharmacy in Appleton on Jan. 10, 2024, to refill his prescription and ...