This year, backers named the legislation “Cole’s Act” in memory of 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht, a college student who died last year from an asthma attack just days after he was forced to ...

Schmidtknecht chose not to buy the inhaler for his asthma at that cost and died from an asthma attack. “Predatory PBM practices, including failure to notify Cole of this price change ...

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

Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to reform pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices by lowering drug costs and ...

The bill is called Cole’s Act, named in memory of Cole Schmidtknecht. His parents say their 22-year-old chose rent over medicine when the out-of-pocket cost of his asthma inhaler was allegedly raised ...

The bill, called Cole’s Act, would lower drug costs, increase transparency and increase pharmacy access and safety, according to the sponsors Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk ...