Taylor Coffman
@taylorcoffman.bsky.social
Writer/Patient Advocate- Rare Disease Girl Substack, Toddler-Mom, Creative,
Actor-Silicon Valley/Life in Pieces/Feud/etc, Feat. in HuffPost, STAT, Today, Buzzfeed and more
Actor-Silicon Valley/Life in Pieces/Feud/etc, Feat. in HuffPost, STAT, Today, Buzzfeed and more
The US, the country with the highest GDP, ranks last or near-last in overall health system performance and health outcomes compared to other high-income countries, despite spending more on healthcare than any other nation. Fixing this begins with affordable care and access. Not making it worse!!
October 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The US, the country with the highest GDP, ranks last or near-last in overall health system performance and health outcomes compared to other high-income countries, despite spending more on healthcare than any other nation. Fixing this begins with affordable care and access. Not making it worse!!
Healthcare should not be a reward for wealth or a W-2 job.
June 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Healthcare should not be a reward for wealth or a W-2 job.
Sending Marines to liberate us…? I went to a play and the pool today.
Protestors shut down the 101 like twice a year. That’s not a riot. It’s inconvenient bc we have to take Pico.
Protestors shut down the 101 like twice a year. That’s not a riot. It’s inconvenient bc we have to take Pico.
June 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Sending Marines to liberate us…? I went to a play and the pool today.
Protestors shut down the 101 like twice a year. That’s not a riot. It’s inconvenient bc we have to take Pico.
Protestors shut down the 101 like twice a year. That’s not a riot. It’s inconvenient bc we have to take Pico.
In a world of rapidly developing AI, we really need a health system that isn’t tied to employment.
May 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In a world of rapidly developing AI, we really need a health system that isn’t tied to employment.
What’s the point of a massive defense budget when our government just lets us all die of diseases by reducing healthcare, disease information, and defunding disease research …? 🤔
May 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What’s the point of a massive defense budget when our government just lets us all die of diseases by reducing healthcare, disease information, and defunding disease research …? 🤔
Medicaid saves lives! “The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.”
I am one of the 21% who needed life saving care.
I am one of the 21% who needed life saving care.
May 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Medicaid saves lives! “The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.”
I am one of the 21% who needed life saving care.
I am one of the 21% who needed life saving care.
Are bots starting to argue other bots now ?
a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn
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May 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Are bots starting to argue other bots now ?
Oligarchy looks like getting a sky palace while you kick 13.7 million off health insurance.
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Oligarchy looks like getting a sky palace while you kick 13.7 million off health insurance.
House Republicans released a plan late on Sunday (ON MOTHERS DAY) that would cause millions of Americans to lose health coverage and millions more to pay higher fees when they go to the doctor. Half of all new moms in the US get their healthcare through Medicaid.
May 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
House Republicans released a plan late on Sunday (ON MOTHERS DAY) that would cause millions of Americans to lose health coverage and millions more to pay higher fees when they go to the doctor. Half of all new moms in the US get their healthcare through Medicaid.
Call the moms in your life xo
May 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Call the moms in your life xo
ICE is making America a scarier place.
May 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ICE is making America a scarier place.
Reading “ICU team called for unresponsiveness and no brain reflex” in your chart will shake up a person.
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Taylor Coffman's Life After Near Death: A Journey of Healing and Transformation ✨
YouTube video by MAGIC IS REAL
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May 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reading “ICU team called for unresponsiveness and no brain reflex” in your chart will shake up a person.
youtu.be/fl5VdO6R9uk
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Not-so-happy Mental Health Month, United Healthcare.
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Revisit this story from our series "America's Mental Barrier," a 2025 Pulitzer finalist.
(Published Nov. 2024)
Revisit this story from our series "America's Mental Barrier," a 2025 Pulitzer finalist.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist…
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Not-so-happy Mental Health Month, United Healthcare.
Love seeing prior authorizations taking center stage in the Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025! This is a bipartisan issue we can all agree on! I have advocated to end the Prior Authorization process as it exists. Delays & denials are fatal. It’s a step in the right direction!
May 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Love seeing prior authorizations taking center stage in the Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025! This is a bipartisan issue we can all agree on! I have advocated to end the Prior Authorization process as it exists. Delays & denials are fatal. It’s a step in the right direction!
Always appeal. They are banking on the fact that only 1% do.
May 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Always appeal. They are banking on the fact that only 1% do.
A f/u to my article in STAT- “Nearly 50% of clinical participants in the name change project saw patients as a barrier to its implementation because they are all reluctant to change.” But there’s no mention of the biggest obstacle to change:
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Disappointment, Money, & Unanswered Emails.
STAT First Opinion Article Revisited
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May 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A f/u to my article in STAT- “Nearly 50% of clinical participants in the name change project saw patients as a barrier to its implementation because they are all reluctant to change.” But there’s no mention of the biggest obstacle to change:
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70 million Americans are on Medicaid. But many have no idea they are on Medicaid because it’s rebranded often on the state level or they are enrolled in programs run by private insurance.
I fear too many have no idea the Republicans are trying to take their health resources away.
I fear too many have no idea the Republicans are trying to take their health resources away.
April 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
70 million Americans are on Medicaid. But many have no idea they are on Medicaid because it’s rebranded often on the state level or they are enrolled in programs run by private insurance.
I fear too many have no idea the Republicans are trying to take their health resources away.
I fear too many have no idea the Republicans are trying to take their health resources away.
I looked into which common supplements are actually worth it, so you don’t have to! See the winners and losers.
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Supplements worth the money
In an industry full of promises, what actually delivers.
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April 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I looked into which common supplements are actually worth it, so you don’t have to! See the winners and losers.
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This is what fascism looks like:
Attorney General Bondi threatening judges she claims are not cooperating with Trump immigration policies and saying “we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.”
Attorney General Bondi threatening judges she claims are not cooperating with Trump immigration policies and saying “we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.”
April 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is what fascism looks like:
Attorney General Bondi threatening judges she claims are not cooperating with Trump immigration policies and saying “we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.”
Attorney General Bondi threatening judges she claims are not cooperating with Trump immigration policies and saying “we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.”
Thanks @kffhealthnews.org for putting my STAT article about the naming of my rare kidney disease in your morning brief! kffhealthnews.org/morning-brea...
Viewpoints: Cutting NIH Research Grants Is A Huge Waste; RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Hypocrisy Is Unsustainable - KFF Health News
Opinion writers discuss these public health issues.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thanks @kffhealthnews.org for putting my STAT article about the naming of my rare kidney disease in your morning brief! kffhealthnews.org/morning-brea...
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Raising a child in America has never been cheap. But tariffs will make it many times more expensive for new parents.
Strollers and other baby products will get more expensive – and harder to find – with tariffs
Raising a child in America has never been cheap. In the first year alone, it costs an average of $20,384, according to parenting website Baby Center.
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April 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Raising a child in America has never been cheap. But tariffs will make it many times more expensive for new parents.
It’s pretty cool they let a theater major do an article in First Opinion where they tout the “smartest thinkers in life sciences.” I’ll be writing more in my Substack soon about some deeper aspects that matter a lot to me that didn’t fit in the word count including the role of money in this process.
My rare disease has an effective treatment — but no clear name. That confusion has consequences.
I don’t know what I’m supposed to call my rare kidney disease
My rare disease has an effective treatment — but no clear name. That confusion has consequences.
buff.ly
April 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It’s pretty cool they let a theater major do an article in First Opinion where they tout the “smartest thinkers in life sciences.” I’ll be writing more in my Substack soon about some deeper aspects that matter a lot to me that didn’t fit in the word count including the role of money in this process.
What's a patient to do when they feel unheard?? They write an article in @statnews ! I was deeply frustrated that patients with my disease were not granted a requested listening session during or after a three year project to propose a new name. So I wrote a piece: www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/r...
I don’t know what I’m supposed to call my rare kidney disease
My rare disease has an effective treatment — but no clear name. That confusion has consequences.
www.statnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What's a patient to do when they feel unheard?? They write an article in @statnews ! I was deeply frustrated that patients with my disease were not granted a requested listening session during or after a three year project to propose a new name. So I wrote a piece: www.statnews.com/2025/04/18/r...
Maybe RFK Jr. should also be worried about autistic kids getting measles too.
April 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Maybe RFK Jr. should also be worried about autistic kids getting measles too.
How much of our tax dollars are being spent to imprison people without due process??
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
How much of our tax dollars are being spent to imprison people without due process??