Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, couldn't pay for his daily inhaler due to the “prohibitively expensive” price increase, but then he died of an asthma attack, per a lawsuit filed by his parents ...

Google Maps Cole was allegedly not given a 30-day notice by Optum Rx that his medication — nor its generic forms — would no longer be covered, the suit alleges. Lawyers for the plaintiff said ...

Martin Levine, family medicine physician with Optum Care Washington. “That’s a normal phenomenon. But for some people, a percentage of the population, as the seasons change in the fall ...

Optum Rx services prescription claims for more than 66 million people across the United States, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that the Walgreens pharmacy staffers failed to offer ...

Optum Rx services prescription claims for more than 66 million people across the United States, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that the Walgreens pharmacy staffers failed to offer ...

This undated photo provided by Shanon Schmidtknecht shows Cole Schmidtknecht of Appleton, Wis., who died of an asthma attack on Jan. 21, 2024. (Shanon Schmidtknecht via AP) ...

Pharmacy benefits managers act as intermediaries between health insurance companies, prescription drug companies and pharmacies. Optum Rx services prescription claims for more than 66 million people ...

In their suit, Shanon and William Schmidtknect allege that Optum operates as part of a prescription drug "oligopoly" that controls nearly 80 percent of all prescriptions in the United States.

On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the U.S. government updated its official maps. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes ...