Middlemen, our economy’s most shadowy characters, sit in between buyers and sellers and get rich in the process. It can even be a matter of life or death.

The rising price of prescription drugs is hitting Americans' wallets hard, including those in mid-Missouri.xx works at Invictus Health and Wealth in Jefferson ...

Cole Schmidtknecht died Jan. 21, 2024, from complications of an asthma attack days after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed. Schmidtknecht's family sued Walgreens and OptumRx claiming negiligence, ...

A federal lawsuit filed by the family of 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht after his asthma-related death may not go to trial until 2027, according to court documents. Cole died Jan. 21, 2024, six days ...

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, ...