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Mother Says Her Son Died After UnitedHealth Jacked the Price of His Inhaler From $66 to $539
A young man with severe asthma used to be able to get his inhaler for cheap, but after UnitedHealthcare's drug arm jacked up ...
22-Year-Old With Chronic Asthma Died After Inhaler Price Went From $66 to $539: Lawsuit
The parents of a 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after an asthma attack have filed a lawsuit against Walgreens and ...
Man’s asthma inhaler cost went from $66 to $539, then he died, Wisconsin lawsuit says
The family of a Wisconsin man is suing after they say he died from an asthma attack when his medication price rose from $66 ...
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Top three insurers reaped $7.3 billion through their drug middlemen's markups, FTC says
The top pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — CVS Health’s Caremark Rx, Cigna’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx — generated roughly $7.3 billion through price hikes over ...
Modern Healthcare19d
Big 3 PBMs reaped $7.3B from generic specialty drug markups: FTC
Pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, OptumRx and Express Scripts inflated costs for specialty generic drugs to treat diseases such as cancer and HIV to the tune of $7.3 billion over six years ...
UnitedHealth CEO Highlights Hospitals, Doctors, Pharma's Role In Soaring Health Care Costs
UnitedHealth Group reported mixed financial results for Q4, with a rise in medical care ratio and CEO's tribute to the late Brian Thompson. CEO defended high healthcare costs and announced return of ...
Campus Safety Magazine17d
FTC: ‘Big 3’ Pharmacy Benefit Managers Engaged in Price Gouging
On Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) presented evidence that UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx, along with its two main competitors, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, inflated the ...
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Judge advances LA County opioid crisis lawsuit against prescription drug middlemen
Los Angeles County sued two dominant pharmacy benefit managers — Express Scripts and OptumRx — in August of last year, accusing the companies of operating behind the scenes to fuel the opioid crisis, ...
Yahoo17d
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
FTC Chair Lina Khan has the big three pharmacy benefit managers in sight—UnitedHealth's OptumRx, Cigna's Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx.
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Office of Human Resources
The company participates with all national pharmacy chains and many local pharmacies. The service allows you to: Go to OptumRx.com to register or download the Optum Rx app from either Google Play or ...
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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
It operates through the following segments: UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, OptumInsight, and OptumRx. The UnitedHealthcare segment utilizes Optum's capabilities to help coordinate patient care ...
Fierce Healthcare19d
FTC: Big 3 PBMs generated $7.3B from specialty generic drug markups
CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx dramatically mark up specialty generic drugs to affiliated pharmacies, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) uncovered in its second interim staff report ...