Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, from Appleton died after a severe asthma attack in 2024 when his out-of-pocket inhaler price skyrocketed to $529. His parents filed a lawsuit against Walgreens and OptumRx ...

Schmidtknecht chose not to buy the inhaler for his asthma at that cost and died from an asthma attack. “Predatory PBM practices, including failure to notify Cole of this price change ...

(The Center Square) – A pair of Wisconsin legislators have introduced a bill to combat what they call “predatory practices” from pharmacy benefit managers that they say led to the death of 22-year-old ...

The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht, an Appleton man who died in January 2024 after suffering a severe asthma attack just days after his family says he stopped using his preventative inhaler due to ...

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, 22, ...

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 ...

In January 2024, the cost of Cole Schmidtknecht’s maintenance asthma inhaler, which had previously been covered by insurance, was raised from $65 to more than $500, according to his parents. His ...