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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rhian Lubin

Grieving parents couldn’t understand how their son died of an asthma attack. Then they found out how much his meds now cost

Driving away from the pharmacy to pick up a standard refill of her husband’s asthma medication, Shanon Schmidtknecht’s head was spinning.

Shanon and her husband, Bill, were reeling from the death of their 22-year-old son, Cole, who died two weeks earlier after suffering a severe asthma attack.

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