United Health's GREED Killed His Son - Then CNN Killed the Story

Jordan Chariton sat down with Bil Schmidtknecht, a father whose 22-year-old son, Cole, died in 2024 after suffering a severe asthma attack that then turned into cardiac arrest. Days before his death, Cole went to Walgreens to pick up his routine asthma medication—medication that normally cost him $35—but he ended up not getting it when he learned the price had increased to over $500. Days later, the asthma attack occurred—which would have been under control had Cole had his Advair. Cole had Optum insurance, a subsidiary of United Health Group, as his health insurance. In December 2024, CNN reached out to Cole's father, Bil, expressing interest in having him on to discuss the loss of his son as well as the legislative push to reform pharmacy benefit managers like Optum. However after being booked to go on CNN's "The Lead" with Jake Tapper, a CNN producer told Bil they needed to reschedule—claiming its legal department wanted to get a response from Optum before doing the segment (legally CNN had already done its due diligence by reaching out to Optum and could have done the segment without a response from Optum). CNN never rescheduled with Bil; two weeks later, he reached out to the producer asking fi the segment would ever happen—he was told no. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT to stay out ON-THE-GROUND covering these important stories the corporate media COVERS UP. SUPPORT SC for as low as $5 bucks a month: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join DONATE to help fund SC's reporting: https://statuscoup.com/donate/ JOIN our Substack for investigative reporting & news: https://statuscoup.substack.com FOR MORE INFORMATION: Modern Medical Mafia: https://modernmedicalmafia.com Documentary Series Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knTbzc4CTNU&t=1s Bil Schmidtknect: @angrydadwi on 'X' and Instagram BUY Jordan's Book "We the Poisoned": https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/we-the-poisoned-jordan-chariton/1144682144 @JordanChariton on 'X' Other ways to support Status Coup https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/StatusCoup $StatusCoup on CashApp Join this channel's Membership for Exclusive Perks! FOLLOW US: @StatusCoup on Twitter | @StatusCoupNews on Threads | @statuscoupnews.bsky.social on BlueSky SIGN UP for our email list for breaking news alerts and alerts when we're LIVE: https://statuscoup.substack.com Shop our collection of clothes that are both high quality, and from sustainable sources: Get shirts based on different quotes from Jordan Chariton such as 'The United Corporations of America' Now! Get yours at https://www.StatusCoup.com/Store #unitedhealthcare #healthcare #healthcareindustry #news