Épisodes

  • End of session wrap-up and fewer medical residents want to come to Indiana
    Mar 6 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 9

    Date: 3/6/2026
    Title: End of session wrap-up and fewer medical residents want to come to Indiana


    00:00- Intro

    1:21- Good Trouble will have a call for new board members at the end of this month so look out in your email

    1:49 GTC will also be hiring an executive director, so be looking for calls for that if it is something that might interest you

    2:19- Donate to Good Trouble to help support this work!

    3:24- Tracey makes her minor children work

    4:12- Study in JAMA demonstrated that the 104 Indiana medical residency programs see 1,500 less applicants because of the abortion ban

    8:01- More parents refusing vitamin K shots at birth (and why this is a terrible idea)

    10:06- CDC report: number of women receiving prenatal care decreasing in Indiana

    11:10- Ryan White HIV program reductions will lead to significant increases in HIV infections (and a primer on Ryan White)

    14:53- Jerome Adams' mic drop tweet about the nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General

    15:50- Overview of legislative session bills filed (741) and passed (163)

    17:54- Big win bills: Gabe- SB 91 (syringe exchange); Tracey- the death of SB 236 (abortion)

    Big loss bills: Gabe- SB 285 (criminalizing homelessness); Tracey- SB1 (bad medicaid and SNAP changes)

    21:45- Check your registration at the Indiana voter portal and watch motorsports

    22:42- Wrap up

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    24 min
  • ACIP's weaponized incompetence, the Fyre Fest of nominees, and conference committee crunch before Sine Die
    Feb 27 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 8

    Date: 2/27/2026
    Title: Weaponized Incompetence, the Fyre Fest of nominees, and Conference Committee Crunch


    00:00- Intro

    00:50- Gabe's colonoscopy- "It was great"

    1:53- NIH director named director of the CDC because finding competent people to run this mess is a fool's errand

    3:30- NIH removes words "biodefense" and "pandemic preparedness" from the NIH website

    4:16- USPSTF, which dictates screening guidelines, appears to be at risk

    6:00- ACIP meeting cancelled- weaponized incompetence

    6:15- ACOG drops out of ACIP

    7:33- Hepatitis B vaccine rates have plummeted in the last 2 years

    8:37- Casey Means confirmation hearing for surgeon general- she is the Fyre Fest of surgeon general nominees- all style, no substance

    13:01- Court case in Louisiana would restrict telehealth abortion access nationwide

    15:29- Overview of how legislative conference committees work in Indiana

    19:55- Language attempted to be put into HB 1417 to counter current lawsuit against the abortion ban (language was not allowed in)

    21:01- SB 85, the medical debt bill, failed (for the 2nd straight year)

    21:55- SB 91, the syringe exchange program, goes to the governor for signing (yay sort of!)

    22:30- SB 1 passes, will kick people off of medicaid needlessly (actually to save the state money) and will cause big problems long term for the state

    23:55- Take a deep breath in the weather AND call your federal senators and let them know Casey Means is a bad choice for surgeon general (numbers and script here)

    24:32- wrap up

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    26 min
  • The SAVE Act solves nothing, the EPA loses its mind, and SB 236 rises from the grave (but gets buried again)
    Feb 20 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 7

    Date: 2/20/2026
    Title: The SAVE Act is dumb, the EPA loses its mind, and SB 236 rises from the grave (but gets buried again)


    00:00- Intro

    1:30- The SAVE Act is a dumb bill because voter fraud with current processes is very very rare, as proven by our Attorney General

    4:29- The Trump administration no longer thinks Greenhouse Gases can hurt humans

    7:48- New study shows that expanding medicaid leads to less breast cancer deaths

    8:54- Anti-vaccine groups targeting state-level school vaccine mandates

    9:47- FDA reverses decision and will review the Moderna flu mRNA vaccine (and Gabe predicts this)

    12:07- Judge reverses public health cuts to 4 states (and the vindictive nature of our current federal government is nauseating)

    14:22- SB 91 (syringe service bill) was a good bill, amended to become a bad bill, re-amended to a meh bill

    16:50- SB 275 (a bad bill which would allow cuts to home health rates for medicaid waivers) weakened with amendments in committee, is better but still not great

    18:00- SB 139 (breastfeeding jury duty bill) continues it's unanimous tear through the statehouse

    18:54- SB1 (a bad bill that will kick people off of medicaid and SNAP) to be voted on by the house next Tuesday (call your representative about this one)

    19:14- Tracey introduces the word "germane" in discussion the death of SB 236 (a good thing)

    22:13- things to do this week: be on alert for action alerts via email and call your rep about SB1

    23:14- Wrap up

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    24 min
  • Quacks gonna quack, FDA refuses to review large flu vaccine trial, and harm reduction harmed at Statehouse
    Feb 13 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 6

    Date: 2/13/2026
    Title: Quacks gonna quack, FDA refuses to review large flu vaccine trial, and harm reduction harmed at Statehouse


    00:00- Intro

    2:13- FDA removes autism quackery website within weeks of autism quacks being named to Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

    3:47- Leucovorin as treatment for autism study retracted

    5:00- South Carolina measles dashboard shows how effective the measles vaccine is

    6:31- FDA refuses to review phase 3 trial from Moderna for an mRNA flu vaccine (which is bonkers it had 40,000 patients)

    10:24- AMA partnering with the Vaccine Integrity Project

    11:16- Maternity unit at Johnson Memorial health closes

    12:18- SB 91, the syringe service program bill, amended in the House Public Health Committee in not good ways

    18:03- SB 275 heard this week in Ways and Means and Gabe talks about testifying in opposition

    21:14- Call your Indiana House Representative to ask them to return SB 91 to its original form (script here)

    22:01- Wrap up

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    23 min
  • No shadow, no money, and no medicaid: Indiana’s Groundhog Day
    Feb 6 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 5

    Date: 2/6/2026
    Title: No shadow, no money, and no medicaid: Indiana’s Groundhog Day


    00:00- Intro

    1:10- Indiana's groundhog, Hope, from Hope, Indiana, did not see her shadow so

    1:56- Executive order by Governor Braun to prevent fraud

    3:52- Trump administration eliminated a rule that pharmacies must stock mifepristone, misoprostol, and methotraxate

    4:47- Measles still bad in South Carolina, and a cool map that shows you measles risk by county

    5:55- Another shut down just ended, and it fully funded the NIH (actually, it increased funding a bit)

    7:00- American Society of Plastic Surgeons reverses guidance and now recommends delaying gender affirming surgery until adolescents reach age 19

    9:13- Urban institute notes that Indiana ranks very low in income growth over the last 50 years and Indiana had the 4th largest percent of ACA enrollees elect not to re-enroll after the subsidies went away

    11:50- Gabe explains the Nipah virus, which is very deadly (but is unlikely to be the next pandemic)

    15:01- SB 90, which governs elective exams under anesthesia, heard this week and expected to pass vote next week

    16:38- Long discussion of SB1, which will kick more Hoosiers off of medicaid, and Gabe and Tracey discuss the fiscal priorities (tax cuts) that require these cuts to medicaid

    27:45- Things to do this week: Put your lawmakers' phone numbers in your phone, and look here to find out who is running for State Rep and State Senate (if your senator is up for election) this year and find someone to support

    29:49- Wrap up

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    31 min
  • Legislative halftime! Plus the AAP is now the source for vaccine info and jabronis doing jabroni things at HHS
    Jan 30 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 4

    Date: 1/30/2026
    Title: Legislative halftime! Plus the AAP is now the source for vaccine info and jabronis doing jabroni things at HHS


    00:00- Intro

    1:36- Some thoughts about the murder of Alex Pretti

    3:34- CDC databases about vaccines are not being updated

    4:39- The American Academy of Pediatrics now provides the national vaccine schedule because the CDC is defunct and a terrific article by YLE about why the language around shared decision making in the new CDC guidelines is problematic

    6:03- Measles is rampant in South Carolina

    7:50- ACIP chair doesn't think we need polio vaccine anymore

    8:30- Texas attorney general is suing pediatricians for some sort of vaccine scheme (I have seen none of these monies)

    10:14- The United States is no longer part of the World Health Organization

    11:05- Hospitals in rural Indiana are hurting bad (due to bad health care funding policy)

    13:10- Senate Bill 4 would reduce mental health funding

    14:52- Guinea-Bissau refuses to do HHS funded study that would withhold hepatitis B vaccine from newborns (in a country in which the prevalence of Hepatitis B is 20%!)

    18:05- Legislative halftime show (we are now only following 43 bills!)

    20:28- Gabe likes SB 91, Tracey likes SB 139; Tracey doesn't like SB 236, Gabe doesn't like SB 275

    25:26- Call your Representative about SB 236 and then take a break

    26:04- Wrap-up

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    29 min
  • An update on bills and an interview about SB 236, which deals with pregnancy and is a problem for the entire house of medicine
    Jan 23 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 3

    Date: 1/23/2026
    Title: An update on bills and an interview about SB 236, which deals with pregnancy and is a problem for the entire house of medicine


    00:00- Intro

    1:38- United States' measles eradication status at risk

    3:04- The White House released the "Great Healthcare Plan"- it is anything but

    3:38- New study demonstrates that tylenol taken during pregnancy is not associated with autism

    4:15- Senate Bill 91- syringe exchange program- an amendment has been filed that is not good. It hasn't yet been voted on.

    5:08- Senate Bill 51 (medicaid postpartum appointment bill) and Senate Bill 221 (pharmacist test and treat bill) did not get hearings and are 💀

    6:58- Senate Bill 85 (medical debt) and Senate Bill 282 (regulating medical spas) passed out of committee

    7:25- Senate Bill 182 (gender issues) is a bad bill and passed out of committee

    7:59- Discussion with Dr. Carrie Rouse about Senate Bill 236 (a bill further regulating reproductive care in ways that are not good)

    29:36- Little things/good vibes- Call your Senator on SB 236 and huge kudos to Indiana Hoosier Football

    30:52- Wrap-up

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    34 min
  • SB1 will kick people off medicaid, Gabe and Tracey argue about SB 221, and new batshit ACIP members
    Jan 16 2026
    Hoosier Health Matters
    Season 2, Episode 2

    Date: 1/16/2026
    Title: SB1 will kick people off medicaid, Gabe and Tracey argue about SB 221, and new batshit ACIP members


    00:00- Intro

    1:02- Indiana receives $207 million rural health fund grant

    2:05- The flu is still bad. Get vaccinated if you aren't already.

    2:59- U.S. set to lose measles eradication status

    4:25- 2 new batshit members of ACIP

    5:20- House of Representatives vote to pass ACA subsidy extension (using a discharge petition!)

    7:00- SB1 will make many more uninsured Hoosiers by making work requirements even more stringent

    13:30- SB 282 is a good bill that would regulate medical spas and compounding pharmacies

    14:45- SB 221 would permit pharmacists to test and treat some thigns and Gabe and Tracey argue about it

    19:40- Check out the Good Trouble Bill Tracker and kudos to David Ives for setting it up for GTC!

    20:23- Little things- tell someone about a bill that has gotten a hearing, and donate something to a candidate starting a campaign

    21:26- Wrap up

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    24 min