Niki Taylo say she’s grateful for the “tiny little miracles” that came together to help pay for her cancer treatment
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- Portland teacher Niki Taylo claims her insurer denied coverage for her doctor-prescribed cancer treatment
- A GoFundMe surpassed its goal within a week, with donations from former students and other supporters
- “It’s unfair that the world works that way,” Niki said. “That you have to have a wide net of people in order to get care.”
A community rallied around a Portland, Ore., teacher whose insurance company denied coverage for her cancer medication, which costs $63,000 every three weeks.
Mom of three, Niki Taylo, a teacher at Beaverton’s Sunset High School, was first diagnosed with stage 4 endometrial cancer in 2024, but told KPTV that despite chemotherapy, her health continued to decline. “The PET scan of tumors showed mixed results: Some shrinking, some growing, a couple new ones,” Taylo told the outlet…