Cole Schmidtknecht, a 22-year-old Wisconsin man with lifelong chronic asthma, died in January 2024 after being unable to afford his preventive inhaler (Advair Diskus) when its out-of-pocket cost suddenly spiked from under $70 to over $500 due to a change in insurance coverage by pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx. Five days after leaving the Walgreens pharmacy without the medication, he suffered a severe asthma attack leading to cardiac arrest and passed away on January 21, 2024. His parents filed
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On Jan. 21, 2024, Cole Schmidtknecht died after his inhaler prescription was no longer covered by his insurance, leaving him unable to handle an asthma attack. His family is now suing Walgreens and Optum Rx. Vanessa Kjeldsen has been following this case and has more in this video | WBAY TV-2
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Un inhalador que Cole Schmidtknecht compraba por unos $66 pasó a costar $539 de un día para otro; Cole no pudo pagarlo y, días después, murió por un ataque de asma. El 10 de enero de 2024 Cole fue a la farmacia a renovar su receta de Advair Diskus, el inhalador que usa todos los días para controlar su asma. Ese día le dijeron que su seguro ya no lo cubría y que el precio era $539.19, mucho más de lo habitual; Cole se fue sin el medicamento. Durante los cinco días siguientes Cole solo usó su inha
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