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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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  • Indiana loses 82,000 SNAP recipients, ectopic pregnancy deaths rise, and measles deaths get an asterisk
    Sep 11 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 23

    Date: 9/11/2026
    Title: Indiana loses 82,000 SNAP recipients, ectopic pregnancy deaths rise, and measles deaths get an asterisk


    00:00:19 - Intro
    00:01:58 - The abortion ban has made Indiana emergency department clinicians skittish
    00:03:42 - Propublica showed that deaths due to ectopic pregnancies have doubled since Dobbs
    00:06:06 - Indiana Supreme Court finally heard the RFRA challenge to the abortion ban
    00:06:56 - 13% of SNAP recipients in Indiana no longer getting SNAP
    00:08:21 - Indiana takes a draconian approach to replacing SNAP benefits for flood victims
    00:09:21 - SNAP error rate puts Indiana on the hook for $47 million in admin costs
    00:12:34 - Limiting SNAP sugar options is dumb
    00:13:36 - ICE has been active in Indy as of late
    00:14:25 - New COVID vaccine formulation approved by the FDA
    00:16:08 - A summary of the batshit crazy story of the HHS mishandling of the Pennsylvania Measles deaths
    00:19:23 - 400 datasets not being updated at the federal level
    00:20:27 - DOGE left a bunch of zombie offices at the CDC
    00:22:46 - Mifepristone case still working its way through the courts
    00:24:14 - Check your voter registration and probably don't vote by mail
    00:25:03 - Wrap up



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    26 Min.
  • Medicaid waiver denials skyrocket, the courts back public health, and an interview on the impact of Health First Indiana
    Aug 28 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 22

    Date: 8/28/2026
    Title: Medicaid waiver denials skyrocket, the courts back public health, and an interview on the impact of Health First Indiana


    00:00- Intro

    2:07- The Indianapolis Birth Fund gets renewed for another year!

    3:15- Medicaid waiver denials have skyrocketed, leaving many people who need help without it

    6:02- 300,000 Hoosiers likely impacted by Medicaid work requirements, which is a massive number

    7:28- MMR vaccination rates have fallen nationally- not good

    10:42- a judge stops the dismantling of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

    11:36- AHRQ grants are not being renewed and senators are pissed

    12:31- Jerome Adams calls out contradictions in HHS food policy

    13:30- Heidi Overton nominated as FDA commissioner

    14:58- 7th district court strikes down Indiana law that bars physicians from referring minors out of stste for abortion care

    17:21- Idaho judge rules that there is a right to abortion for health, including mental health, reasons

    18:28- Interview with Valerie Yeager and Aparna Soni about a recent study demonstrating financial return on investments from Health First Indiana (the public health funding law)

    41:30- Tell those around you how you feel about them, and consider hand-writing a card of thanks to someone

    42:50-Wrap-up

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    44 Min.
  • Indiana returns Medicaid money despite really needing to use it on health care and RFK gish gallops through an interview
    Aug 14 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 21

    Date: 8/14/2026
    Title: Indiana returns Medicaid money despite really needing to use it on health care and RFK gish gallops through an interview


    00:00- Intro

    1:34- 1,842 Good Trouble Members! Invite those you know and love who are interested in Public Health to join GTC

    2:19- Indiana FSSA gives back $310 million from the Medicaid budget back to the general funds at the same time that...

    3:44- Indiana Capital Chronicle with great stories on Medicaid changes that reveal we could probably use those $310 million for health care for Hoosiers

    11:37- First 2 measles cases in Indiana in 2026 reported in Parke County

    12:28- Federal executive order regarding vaccines is not backed by science. Or any reputable doctors.

    14:42- mRNA influenza vaccine approved by the FDA

    17:08- Dr. Erika Schwartz confirmed as CDC director

    17:39- Cyclospora outbreak slowing greatly (and Gabe has survived thus far). But jalepenos are now carriers of salmonella

    18:50- Gabe and Tracey break down a recent interview with RFK junior and introduce the term "Gish Gallop"

    35:00- Tracey wants people to donate to a local nonprofit newsroom, and Gabe wants you to put down your phone and chill with your kids (if you have them)

    36:40- Wrap up

    Elijah Bosslet provided editing assistance on this episode


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    38 Min.
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