The lawsuit complaint, filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, seeks financial compensation for damages, including the suffering Cole Schmidtknecht ...

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 — a preventive medication he'd been ...

Cole Schmidtknecht expected to pay $66.86 for a three-month supply of his preventative asthma inhalers in January 2024 when he went to his Walgreens pharmacy in Appleton, Wisconsin. The pharmacy ...

A pair of Wisconsin legislators have introduced a bill to combat what they call “predatory practices” from pharmacy benefit ...

The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht, an Appleton man who died in January 2024 after suffering a severe asthma attack just days after his family says he stopped using his preventative inhaler due to ...

But, Cole’s has spiked and left him unable to pay for his needed drug - and dead three days later. open image in gallery Shanon and Bill Schmidtknecht pictured with son Cole, who died after a ...

In January 2024, the cost of Cole Schmidtknecht’s maintenance asthma inhaler, which had previously been covered by insurance, was raised from $65 to more than $500, according to his parents.

The bill is called Cole’s Act, named in memory of Cole Schmidtknecht. His parents say their 22-year-old chose rent over ...

The lawsuit complaint, filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, seeks financial compensation for damages, including the suffering Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, ...