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Hoosier Health Matters

Hoosier Health Matters

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Hoosier Health Matters focuses on the pressing health policy issues in Indiana and tries to make this stuff not boring. Hosted by Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson, board members of the Good Trouble Coalition, this podcast brings together healthcare and public health stakeholders to discuss, educate, and advocate for patient-centered care, public health, and health equity. It will focus on state-level health policies, legislative updates, and expert interviews.

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  • RFK doesn't want you using antidepressants, armed forces no longer require flu vaccine, and Tracey teaches us all about mifepristone
    May 8 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 14

    Date: 5/8/2026
    Title: RFK doesn't want you using antidepressants, armed forces no longer require flu vaccine, and Tracey teaches us all about mifepristone


    0:00- Intro

    1:33- GTC is looking for an executive director! More info here

    2:11- Casey Means is out for Surgeon General, Nicole Saphier is in

    3:20- 988 Hotline for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis, is being reinstated and a JAMA paper shows that it has saved a lot of lives

    4:25- RFK, Jr wants people to stop using antidepressants

    5:58- Indiana Medicaid seeking return of $200 million of payments for attendant care providers

    7:40- 400 new FSSA workers just to check eligibility with the new rules (holy crap)

    9:23- 340B program changes will not apply to FQHC clinics (good news)

    10:17- Audit of Marion County Office of Public Health and Safety not good

    11:12- Indiana drops involvement in lawsuit regarding section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (which is good) but for reasons that aren't great

    12:04- Pentagon ends requirement for active duty military to be immunized against flu (which is bad policy)

    13:37- COVID vaccine paper that HHS would not publish has been leaked and you can read it here

    14:26- Tracey's primer on medication abortion and shenanigans by the 5th circuit court of appeals

    19:17- Ban on medicaid billing for Planned Parenthood up for grabs in Congress

    20:09- Happy National Nurses Week! And get to know the candidates in your district who won their primaries

    21:02- Wrap up

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    22 Min.
  • The PBM black box, Marion County’s dirty air, and the CDC’s vaccine slow-walk
    Apr 24 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 13

    Date: 4/24/2026
    Title: The PBM black box, Marion County’s dirty air, and the CDC’s vaccine slow-walk


    0:00- Intro

    2:00- The Good Trouble Coalition is hiring an executive director- look out for an email from GTC!

    2:40- Governor Braun moves $200 million to the childcare development fund to provide more vouchers for daycare access

    4:19- CDC delays release of MMWR report outlining COVID vaccine efficacy

    5:24- Erica Schwartz nominated to run CDC- most reliable people think she is a good choice

    6:33- ACIP charter revised by RFK, Jr to allow his "experts" to participate

    8:15- RFK, Jr walks back his antivaccine stance to congress

    9:54- Trump Administration dropped the court fight over major changes to NIH funding rates

    11:15- American Lung Association's State of the Air report demonstrates Marion County failed all measures. Not good.

    12:29- Indiana Supreme Court will hear the abortion ban challenge (and skip the appellate court)

    13:15- Louisiana case challenging mifepristone now at the 5th circuit court of appeals and plaintiffs have asked for an injunction on its use without face to face visit

    14:42- EPA releases list of Human Health Benchmarks for Pharmaceuticals that includes abortion and oral contraceptive medications

    17:43- Interview with Veronica Vernon, Pharmacist and Butler Professor, about Pharmacy Benefit Managers and what in the heck they do

    35:15- VOTE IN THE PRIMARY

    36:06- Wrap up

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    37 Min.
  • SCOTUS sparks conversion therapy controversy, ideology drives Title X changes, and Indiana’s $207M plan for rural health
    Apr 10 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 12

    Date: 4/10/2026
    Title: SCOTUS sparks conversion therapy controversy, ideology drives Title X changes, and Indiana’s $207M plan for rural health


    0:00- Intro

    1:15 - Join the Good Trouble Coalition Board

    2:01- SCOTUS rules that Colorado cannot ban conversion therapy, but Gabe has complicated thoughts about this ruling

    12:01- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library fully funded in all 92 Indiana counties

    12:40- Tracey explains to all of us what Title X is and why new funding through Title X is bad

    15:58- Match day just passed- we explain what that is and how match results demonstrate the mess that is payment incentives in medicine

    21:05- Interview with Cara Veale, the CEO of the Indiana Rural Health Association about the Rural Health Transformation Grant

    37:17- It is time to vote in the primary- between now and May 5th. Find your ballot and an early voting site at https://indianavoters.in.gov/

    38:38- Wrap up

    Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!)
    Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition

    Thanks for listening!
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    40 Min.
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