Épisodes

  • Indiana kids lose Medicaid, mifepristone panic, and Sen. Bohacek on medical marijuana
    Jun 19 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 17

    Date: 6/19/2026
    Title: Indiana kids lose Medicaid, mifepristone panic, and Sen. Bohacek on medical marijuana


    0:00- Intro

    2:25- 20% less Indiana children enrolled in Indiana Medicaid today compared to a year ago

    4:32- Fairbanks School of Public Health joins with Indiana Department of Health to form an academic health department partnership (yay!)

    6:29- Indiana tries to reign in healthcare costs by limiting hospital charges to employer based programs starting July 1

    7:57- Andre Carson files bill to make SunBucks a default opt-in program (likely in response to Indiana opting out the last 2 years for reasons that seem nefarious)

    10:27- MAHA wants people to eat vegetable but the Department of Agriculture is cutting funding for fresh foods in their programs

    11:47- Federal House Budget would cut two extremely successful health outcomes and implementation science programs

    13:56- Indiana's attorney general wants to make sure the EPA is monitoring mifepristone in drinking water. Math tells us you would have to drink 233 lifetimes of water in a very short time to achieve 1/1000th of the therapeutic serum level

    17:33- FDA mifepristone safety investigation starting in earnest

    18:54- Interview with State Senator Mike Bohacek about his bill to legalize medical marijuana in Indiana

    32:05- Join Good Trouble for a social meetup Tuesday June 23 at Half Liter in Broad ripple at 6 pm! And watch the US beat Australia in the World Cup!

    32:56- Wrap up

    Editing assistance on this week's episode provided by Elijah Bosslet

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    34 min
  • "Nuclear family month" executive order 🙄, vaccine guidance in limbo, and the politicization of NIH grants
    Jun 5 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 16

    Date: 6/5/2026
    Title: "Nuclear family month" executive order 🙄, more vaccine policy chaos, and the political takeover of NIH grants


    0:00- Intro

    1:57- Infant mortality rate for Indiana steady but remains higher than the national rate

    3:11- Indiana sues federal government over a proposed change to marijuana policy

    5:10- June declared "nuclear family month" by Governor Braun, despite the fact that families look a lot of different ways, and only 18% of Hoosier households meet this definition

    7:02- Many more tick bites this year so check yourself

    7:49- FSSA halts new ABA provider enrollment

    8:33- HHS ACIP charter proposal pulled and ACIP is in shambles

    10:30- New federal executive order sets the stage for major vaccine schedule changes

    12:14- FDA report: no child deaths associated with COVID vaccine

    13:03- Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the 3rd largest on record (not something to worry about, but not a good situation and any Americans who get ebola will not be treated in the United States (breaking from previous policy)

    16:05- National smoking rate down to 9%!

    17:13- Proposed rule change will make devastating changes to research grants in the United States (read the statement by Academy Health)

    22:37- Go to a pride celebration and join GTC for the annual meeting on Monday June 8th on zoom!

    24:23- Wrap up

    Editing assistance on this episode by Elijah Bosslet

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    24 min
  • USPSTF turmoil, moms.gov propaganda, and modernizing Indiana's HIV laws
    May 22 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 15

    Date: 5/22/2026
    Title: USPSTF turmoil, moms.gov propaganda, and modernizing Indiana's HIV laws


    0:00- Intro

    1:33- Physician in charge of the Hantavirus oubreak has no public health experience but does have a podcast called "The Erection Connection"

    2:30- United States Preventative Services Task Force quietly being dismantled

    4:13- Marty Makary resigns as head of FDA- we now have no CDC director, no FDA director, no surgeon general

    5:42- Nicole Saphier, nominee for Surgeon General, is a grifter

    7:10- NIH doesn't have enough grant managers to pay out all the grants that have been awarded

    8:34- Federal government had been holding up immigration visas for doctors but it looks like they are going back on that

    9:38- Updates in abortion

    12:08- Moms.gov is a really shitty website

    14:36- New FSSA plan to attempt to reign in Indian Healthcare costs is a novel attempt to acheive this

    18:30- Thoughts about legalizing marijuana in Indiana may be changing

    19:57- Interview with Dr. Carrie Foote about the HIV Modernization Movement to reform scientifically outdated laws that criminalize Hoosiers living with HIV.

    35:00- Join Good Trouble for its annual meeting (on Zoom) on June 8!

    35:53- Wrap up

    This episode was edited by Elijah Bosslet.

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    37 min
  • 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

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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
  • Indiana’s 340B safety net under attack, syringe services survive without a signature, and RFK Jr's nutrition theater
    Mar 13 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 10

    Date: 3/13/2026
    Title: Indiana’s 340B safety net under attack, syringe services survive without a signature, and RFK Jr's nutrition theater


    00:00- Intro

    2:01- SB 91 becomes a law without the signature of Governor Braun

    5:13- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library almost funded despite no state government funds

    6:50- Permanent injunction on the Indiana Abortion ban based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (but it's not over

    9:04- Vinay Prasad resigns from the FDA again

    11:05- Another study debunks Tylenol-autism, FDA reverses guidance on leucovorin for autism, and new independent autism advisory panel

    13:25- States passing laws protecting clinicians from lawsuits around vaccine confusion

    14:34- HHS announces a nutrition education initiative for medical schools, includes Purdue University in the list of 40 schools that have signed on besides the fact that Purdue doesn't have a medical school

    16:39- An interview with Alan Witchey, CEO of the Damien Center, about the importance of the 340B drug pricing program and its role in the care of vulnerable patients in Indiana- and a HUGE risk to that program as the result of a proposed regulation change by Indiana FSSA

    You should use this script to send an email comment on this proposed change before March 27!

    37:58- Wrap up

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    39 min