W hen 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht went to Walgreens to refill his asthma inhaler in 2024, he was shocked to learn that the ...

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 legacy ...

When 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht tried to get a refill on the inhaler prescribed by his doctor to prevent asthma attacks, the medication that had formerly cost him less than $70 at his Appleton ...

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 ...

Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, lived with chronic asthma since he was an infant, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents on Jan. 21 in Wisconsin federal court.

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 Schmidtknecht was 22 when he died of an asthma attack.

Cole Schmidtknecht. (Courtesy Schmidtknecht Family) That way, patients don’t learn how PBMs make their decisions about drugs and why a medication that had been on the formulary no longer is.