The Federal Trade Commission accused UnitedHealth's OptumRx, CVS Caremark, and Cigna's Express Scripts of pocketing over $7 billion in markups on generic specialty drugs over a 5-year period. The ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...