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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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APPLETON, Wis. -- A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a lawsuit filed by his family. From birth, Cole Schmidtknecht ...

(WMTV/Gray News) - A couple is suing Optum Rx and Walgreens for alleged negligence and unspecified damages after their son died of an asthma attack after he stopped taking his maintenance inhaler ...

Northland Ave. in Appleton, to refill his inhaler prescription. Diagnosed with asthma as a baby, Cole took the inhaler daily as a preventive medication since he was about 13, his parents said.

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 ...