Five days later, Cole had a severe asthma attack, stopped breathing and collapsed. According to his family, he suffered cardiac arrest and died due to his asthma. The rescue inhaler was found empty, ...

A federal judge has denied OptumRx’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin family after their 22 year-old-son died from an asthma attack days after his inhaler price jumped to over $500, ...

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. Diagnosed with asthma as a baby, Cole ...

The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, are suing Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, over the Wisconsin man's death in 2024.

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 ...

From birth, Cole Schmidtknecht suffered from chronic asthma that he treated with an Advair Diskus inhaler that cost him no more than $66. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

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

Cole Schmidtknecht left the pharmacy without buying it, leaving with only a rescue inhaler that he got with a $5 copay, his parents said. Five days later, Cole Schmidtknecht suffered a severe asthma ...