A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits company alleging their son died because he couldn't afford a sudden $500 jump in the cost of his asthma medication ...

It’s time to risk adjust you “Consider us a friend,” says James Yeash, a family medicine doctor at New West Physicians, which is a physician group that UnitedHealth’s Optum bought in 2017.

In their suit, Shanon and William Schmidtknect allege that Optum operates as part of a prescription drug "oligopoly" that controls nearly 80 percent of all prescriptions in the United States.

This undated photo provided by Shanon Schmidtknecht shows Cole Schmidtknecht of Appleton, Wis., who died of an asthma attack on Jan. 21, 2024. (Shanon Schmidtknecht via AP) ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This undated photo provided by Shanon Schmidtknecht shows Cole Schmidtknecht of Appleton, Wis., who died of ...

He previously served as vice president of transformation growth for prominent healthcare company Optum, where he led multi-billion-dollar outsourcing deals. Boselli in 2013 founded Healthy Schools, ...

and information and technology-enabled health services through Optum. The company was founded by Richard T. Burke in January 1977 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Read More on UNH ...

and information and technology-enabled health services through Optum. The company was founded by Richard T. Burke in January 1977 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Read More on UNH ...

Prolonged exposure to microgravity in space weakens the heart muscle and disrupts the heart’s rhythm, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found. The findings raise concerns for astronauts ...