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Now I have to wait 3-5 business days to get the money back on my card. OptumRx cannot handle filling a simple prescription. They are unreliable and now I will run out of an essential med due to ...
The family of Cole Schmidtknecht accuse OptumRx and Walgreens of having a part in their son’s death. As we reported last ...
In the lawsuit complaint, Cole's parents, Bil and Shanon Schmidtknecht, allege both OptumRx and Walgreens were negligent and bear responsibility for their son's death. Five days before Cole's ...
He died Jan. 21, 2024, at the hospital. His family has filed a federal lawsuit against both Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, alleging both companies were negligent and ...
APPLETON, Wis. — A Wisconsin couple filed a federal lawsuit against both Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, claiming their son died due to a sudden $500 spike in his ...
Cole Schmidtknecht's family is seeking damages against the pharmacy benefits manager OptumRx Inc., Walgreens Pharmacy and its parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and a jury trial ...
His medication was covered by his employer-provided health insurance United Health-OptumRx Plan. Under the healthcare plan, the Advair Diskus cost no more than $66.86, and at times as low as $35 ...
In a lawsuit announced last week, Bucks County officials accuse pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) CVS Caremark, Express ...
They told him there were no cheaper alternatives or generic medications available, they didn't contact OptumRx to request an exception on Cole's behalf, and they didn't ask Cole's doctor to ...
The FTC brought action against the top PBMs — CVS Health's Caremark Rx, Cigna's Express Scripts, and United Health Group's OptumRx — saying the companies created a "perverse drug rebate system ...