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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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  • 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

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    40 min
  • Good news on opioid deaths, judge calls ACIP incompetent, and a discussion about tobacco in Indiana
    Mar 27 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 11

    Date: 3/27/2026
    Title: Good news on opioid deaths, judge calls ACIP incompetent, and a historical look at tobacco use in Indiana


    0:00- Intro

    1:21- Good Trouble call for new board members

    3:12 Opioid deaths down in Indiana (and all states)- good news!

    4:09 Estimates suggest medicaid changes could drop up to 100,000 Hoosiers

    5:04 Planned Parenthood to close two Indianapolis sites

    6:01 Indiana lags in primary and preventative care

    8:07 New report highlights likely fraud in autism therapy in Indiana (this story pissed Tracey off)

    11:51 Administration misses deadline to nominate a new CDC director

    12:54 Casey Means does not appear to have the votes to get out of committee for her Surgeon General nomination

    13:26 Dramatic week for ACIP- Robert Malone picked up his ball and went home

    16:11 Interview with Miranda Spitznagle, director of the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

    37:24 Little things/good vibes

    38:21 Wrap up



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    39 min
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