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.

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.

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 …? 🤔

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.

Are bots starting to argue other bots now ?

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.

Call the moms in your life xo

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. youtu.be/fl5VdO6R9uk

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!

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: taylorcoffman.substack.com/p/obstacles-...

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 looked into which common supplements are actually worth it, so you don’t have to! See the winners and losers. taylorcoffman.substack.com/p/supplement...

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.”

Thanks @kffhealthnews.org for putting my STAT article about the naming of my rare kidney disease in your morning brief! kffhealthnews.org/morning-brea...

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.

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.

How much of our tax dollars are being spent to imprison people without due process??

If the conservative Supreme Court says to send this poor man home and the Executive branch says nope- what happens now??

AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror

A new study says pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. increased 27.7% in a recent five-year period with study authors highlighting it as an "urgent public health priority."

Here's an advance directive I hadn't thought about before @taylorcoffman.bsky.social wrote this: taylorcoffman.substack.com/p/illness-an...

One secret insurance companies don’t want you to know- over 80% of denials are overturned on appeal. But only 18% of doctors always appeal. Why and what patients can do, in my latest article: taylorcoffman.substack.com/p/one-secret...

Studies show kindness might be the real anti-aging serum. Being kind is good for everyone but especially ourselves. taylorcoffman.substack.com/p/jerks-dont...

Hegseth’s own mom suggested he not be confirmed. Shoulda listened to his mom.

Don’t forget despite life’s challenges, we are powerful generators of good luck for ourselves and others.

I have a lot of words I’d use to describe the US government right now… and NONE of them include the word “EFFICIENT”

I’m really not in the mood to pay federal taxes this year.

Calling all Zebras! Looking for folks in the rare disease community- give a shout in my comments or on this post. If you’re on IG , drop a follow and tag me in a rare disease day post and I’ll repost you in my stories. Let’s support awareness today! I want to elevate our voices on Rare Disease day!

You are more powerful than you know. (Unless you’re a billionaire, then this doesn’t apply to you). Happy Monday.

How about we don’t encourage the far right Germans bc that has NEVER GONE WELL.

Two-thirds of Americans have an unfavorable view of Mark Zuckerberg. This includes 26% who are very unfavorable toward him according to a Pew survey of more than 5,000 Americans of varying ages who identify with various political parties. And you can absolutely fact check me!

For the president and the people in the back: RUSSIA invaded Ukraine unprovoked killing hundreds of thousands. Just wanted to clear up any confusion.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

It’s revolutionary to hold tight to our humanity. Don’t let them make you hate. Don’t let them dehumanize others. We must remember to take care of each other.

Can we Make Air Travel Great Again???

Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum 🫶💪

Happy Sunday + three day weekend 🫶

This season of Silicon Valley set in DC is hard to watch.

Free speech and hate speech ARE NOT THE SAME.

May all the ghosts of those dead animals haunt him.

don’t think we’re ever gonna see that kid in the Oval Office again… 😂😂😂

Why you should care about CFPB: It ordered equifax to pay $15m It made auto lenders return $10m to customers Ordered cash app to return $120m Sued capital one for ignoring real interest rates and cheating people out of money