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‘Chose rent over his medicine’: Parents of 22-year-old who died from asthma attack sue pharmacy over inhaler price jump
To combat the condition, Cole used a daily steroid inhaler as preventive ... OptumRx excluded Advair Diskus and its generic equivalents, but would cover Advair HFA or Breo Ellipta, two newer ...
Wisconsin man dies after inhaler cost jumps $500, according to family's lawsuit
A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a ...
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 ...
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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 him ... He was pronounced dead January 21. His parents are now suing Walgreens ...