A 22 -year -old man in Wisconsin has risen in the inhalor's price to more than $ 500, and died of an asthma attack when he was forced to pay a rental fee rather than the “life maintenance drug”. Is claiming.
According to the Federal Court, the family of COLE SCHMIDTKNECHT requires a tragedy to death to the Optumrx of Walgreens Pharmacy and United Health. 。
SchmidTknecht was diagnosed with chronic asthma as an infant, but managed the symptoms for more than 10 years with daily administration of corticosteroid inhalers.
Employees at the Green Bay Area Truck Center have earned a “moderate time salary” and planned for self -insurance with the United Health Group. Acquired by law and crime detail.
His plan via Optumrx, a subsidiary of United Health Group, covers the corticosteroid inhalor Advaire Diskus.
Through this plan, Schmidt Knehito paid up to $ 35 to $ 66.86 in the “Plan -Dediative Stage”.
Litigation argues that without insurance compensation, the drug prescribed by a doctor would cost more than $ 530.
In the fall of 2023, Optumrx changed the list of drugs covered in 2024, and it is said that Advaire Diskus was excluded from the target drug.
Pharmacy's care business has been accused of not being relayed by customers of covered drug formulas. This is a suspected violation of the Wisconsin State Law, which requires such a company to notify the patient at least 30 days before the compensation is gone.
The lawsuit claims that the United Health Group is one of the three pharmacy benefits (PBM) in the country and over 79 % of drug prescriptions.
SchmidTkNechts accuses PBMS artificially raised healthcare costs in some ways.
Schmidtknecht went to a local Walgreens connected to Optumrx on January 10, 2024, and was told that the drug was not covered by his insurance.
The inhalor's self -paying cost was $ 539.19.
Schmidtknecht left the medicine without medicine.
Radiating parents argued that Walgreens and their employees did not take measures necessary to help Schmit Neht find asthma drugs.
They also knew that the patient would leave without the “asthmatic medicine prescribed by the doctor” and attacked Optumrx to remove the inhalor and its general counter part from the formulation list.
Schmidtknecht began to experience dyspnea in five days of traveling to Walgreens, relying on his old “emergency” inhalor to help his symptoms.
Meanwhile, Schmidtknecht chose to pay rent instead of buying medicine, Public radio in Wisconsin It has been reported.
On January 15, 2024, Schmidt Knehito was suffocated with severe asthma attacks.
His roommate rushed to a local emergency treatment room in Uplleton, Wisconsin.
SchmidTknecht fell to pulseless without reacting during the car.
The hospital staff gave him two epinephrins and executed the CPR for four days.
He stayed in a ventilator for six days until his parents said, “He's beyond his help.”
SchmidTknecht's parents have been asserted that they died on January 21, 2024.
Family claims that his son has suffered life damage, future income, physical and mental pain, suffering, and humiliation.
They also say that they were seeking damage related to funeral expenses and lost their dating with society due to the death of their sons.
Social loss is a non -economic loss that loved ones can seek compensation in a lawsuit.
According to the S. Burke method, “Loss of Society and Dating” praise the fact that the illegal or negligence's act of illegal or negligence has been raised by a close family. can.
