The Howard County Board of Education is suing Eli Lilly and Co., Novo Nordisk, CVS, United Health group and several other ...

Optum Rx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, ... This means PBMs have significant power over the pharmaceutical supply chain — and can inflate medication prices for Americans, ...

OptumRx spokespeople didn't immediately reply to Wednesday messages seeking comment. In a statement last April extending sympathy to the family, the company said that a review of Cole's claims ...

The lawsuit claims that OptumRx would not have covered Advair Diskus’s generic equivalents, and instead only covered two ...

The parents of Cole Schmidtknecht are suing Walgreens and OptumRx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, over the 22-year-old Appleton man's death.

OptumRx claims the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides “broad preemption” that prevents state law from imposing liability on employee benefit plans.

Millions of people with diabetes need insulin to survive. For years, many of them have been forced to pay exorbitant prices for a product that's inexpensive to make.Now, the federal government is ...

Wisconsin couple sues Walgreens, Optum Rx, saying son died after sudden $500 price spike for asthma meds. Updated on: February 6, 2025 / 6:15 PM CST / AP ...

The Federal Trade Commision (FTC) found prescription benefits managers like UnitedHealth's OptumRX have gained $7.3B from price gouging.

Couple sues Walgreens and Optum Rx over son’s death after $500 price rise for asthma meds A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits company alleging their son died because he ...

On January 10, 2024, Schmidtknecht, 22, went to his local OptumRx-Walgreens pharmacy in Appleton, Wisconsin, expecting to fill his usual prescription when he was advised by Walgreens that his ...

Update 02/04/2025, 11:27 a.m. ET: This article was updated with a previous public statement from OptumRx Update 02/06/2025, 07:36 a.m. ET: This article was updated with comment from Kriete Truck ...