'Chose rent over his medicine': Parents of 22-year-old who died from asthma attack sue pharmacy over inhaler price jump
The parents of a young Wisconsin man have sued Walgreens and pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx over their son’s death from an ...
Man’s asthma inhaler cost went from $66 to $539, then he died, Wisconsin lawsuit says
The family of a Wisconsin man is suing after they say he died from an asthma attack when his medication price rose from $66 ...
Wisconsin family files federal lawsuit against pharmacy chain and PBM over son’s death
The cost of Cole Schmidtknecht’s asthma inhaler was raised to over $500. His parents said Cole chose rent over medicine. Days ...
The FTC Finds United Health’s OptumRX Is Engaged In Widespread Price Gouging
The Federal Trade Commision (FTC) found prescription benefits managers like UnitedHealth's OptumRX have gained $7.3B from ...
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UnitedHealth's OptumRx Accused of Excessive Drug Pricing
The Federal Trade Commission accused UnitedHealth's OptumRx, CVS Caremark, and Cigna's Express Scripts of pocketing over $7 billion in markups on generic specialty drugs over a 5-year period. The Big ...
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FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging
On Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) presented evidence that UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx, along with its two main competitors, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, inflated the ...
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UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
FTC Chair Lina Khan has the big three pharmacy benefit managers in sight—UnitedHealth's OptumRx, Cigna's Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx.
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Kentucky attorney general sues OptumRx, alleging ‘reckless’ promotion of opioids
Attorney General Russell Coleman has added OptumRx, a prescription drug benefit provider, to his September lawsuit against Express Scripts and related entities. In the amended lawsuit, which was ...
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Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
The top pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — CVS Health’s Caremark Rx, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx — generated roughly $7.3 billion through price hikes over ...
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Top 3 drug insurers reaped billions as their drug middlemen inflated prices, FTC alleges
The top pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — CVS Health’s Caremark Rx, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx — generated roughly $7.3 billion through price hikes over ...