Jason Kane

3 weeks ago | nbcchicago.com | Jason Kane |Anne Thompson |Linda Carroll

When 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht tried to get a refill on the inhaler prescribed by his doctor to prevent asthma attacks. The medication that had formerly cost him less than $70 at his Appleton, Wisconsin, pharmacy was now priced at more than $500, according to Cole’s father, Bil Schmidtknecht. Stunned, Cole left the store with a medication designed to stop asthma attacks once they start, but without the Advair Diskus inhaler he needed to prevent attacks from happening in the first place.

3 weeks ago | telemundonuevainglaterra.com | Jason Kane

Cole Schmidtknecht, de 22 años, intentó renovar el inhalador que le recetó su médico para prevenir ataques de asma. El medicamento, que antes le costaba menos de $70 en su farmacia de Appleton, Wisconsin, ahora costaba más de $500, según su padre, Bil Schmidtknecht. Aturdido, Cole salió de la tienda con un medicamento diseñado para detener los ataques de asma una vez que comienzan, pero sin el inhalador Advair Diskus que necesitaba para prevenirlos.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jason Kane |Anne Thompson |Linda Carroll

It’s not just Medicaid: Republicans’ megabill would sabotage the Affordable Care ActThe GOP has dropped the “repeal and replace” phrasing, but its megabill is an anti-ACA package that would take coverage from millions of …

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jason Kane

When 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht tried to get a refill on the inhaler prescribed by his doctor to prevent asthma attacks. The medication that had formerly cost him less than $70 at his Appleton, Wisconsin pharmacy was now priced at more than $500, according to Cole’s father, Bil Schmidtknecht. Stunned, Cole left the store with a medication designed to stop asthma attacks once they start, but without the Advair Diskus inhaler he needed to prevent attacks from happening in the first place.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Aria Bendix |Jacob Soboroff |Diane Shamis |Jason Kane

The Trump administration plans to terminate federal workers focused on preventing and responding to work-related illnesses, including "black lung" disease in coal miners, according to an internal government memo obtained by NBC News, despite in recent days reinstating some who had been let go.