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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 Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

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 Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

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 Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

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 Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 1 Date: 1/9/2026 Title:  Indiana opts out of Sunbucks again, the vertical flu graph, and a fast-moving legislative session 00:00- Intro 1:08- Indiana opting out of SunBucks program, because they can't afford the $5 million to bring in $70 million to feed hungry children during the summer despite a newly announced $5 billion surplus 3:02- There is a lot of influenza in Indiana right now. If you aren't vaccinated yet, get vaccinated now. 5:06- HHS changes vaccine schedule recommendations to mirror Denmark. Which is like going offroading in a Porsche.  Which is stupid. Follow the AAP vaccine schedule. 8:47- Overview of the bills filed thus far for the 2026 session 10:50- Check out the Good Trouble Bill Tracker 11:33- Bills heard this week: SB 91 (Tracey's favorite bill) extends Indiana needle exchange program (GTC supports, passed out of committee), SB 90 clarifies consent around sensitive exams for medical procedures (GTC supports, passed out of committee), SB 51 requires a postpartum visit be scheduled prior to discharge for medicaid patients (GTC supports, no vote taken), SB 139 provides jury duty exemption for breastfeeding women (GTC supports, passed out of committee) 14:07- Tracey's least favorite bill- SB 1 enshrines the ban on soda and candy for SNAP beneficiaries 15:21- Gabe's favorite bill- HB 1014 requires training in order to do ultrasound (which is a problem for crisis pregnancy centers). Gabe's least favorite bill- SB 174- outlaws employers to require vaccines or masks (including hospitals) and would disallow fluoride in water systems (dumb).  20:08- Look for GTC weekly emails with statehouse updates and share with a friend; also share the GTC bill tracker with those you care about 20:55- Wrap up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 31 Date: 12/19/2025 Title:  A legislative prep episode featuring a tenderloin 00:00- Intro 2:00- Indiana eschewed a redistricting push, 31-19 3:55- Indiana appellate court denies injunction in TPR case (this is good news)- and you can see the IDH's aggregate terminated pregnancy reports here 5:27- ACIP removes the recommendation for Hepatitis B vaccines at birth- a recommendation based more on vibes than science- good info here 7:23- ACA subsidy kerfuffle continues and unlikely to be resolved by Jan 1- one of the issues with this subsidy is a battle over enforcement of the Hyde Amendment 9:23- Sugary drinks no longer able to be purchased with SNAP benefits in Indiana 10:06- 2026 legislative session boot camp, featuring a bill about tenderloin sandwiches subtitle: How a bill becomes a law in Indiana Find all of the bills currently filed here 25:31- Little things to do this week (mostly good vibes this week) Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 30 Date: 12/5/2025 Title:  Taxing cigarettes reduces smoking (who knew?) and an interview about a direct cash assistance program for pregnant women 00:00- Intro 1:21- The redistricting saga continues (and will be resolved by our next episode) 3:48- New tobacco tax has reduced tobacco consumption and increased tobacco tax revenue 5:24- Strain of H3N2 influenza has drifted and may be more infectious this season- check out the Indiana influenza dashboard (which is awesome) 7:00- CDC now officially says we can't say vaccines don't cause autism (which is just dumb) 8:40- The new principal deputy director of the CDC is a quack 10:06- A memo in the FDA suggests 10 kids have died of COVID vaccine without providing any details or evidence or anything 11:35- An interview with Ben Tapper about the BIRTH fund program, which is giving direct cash assistance to hundreds of pregnant women in central Indiana 37:49- Little things- donate to good orgs (and email [email protected] if you donate to GTC in someone's name and want a card to give them) and CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS about redistricting '39:09- Wrap up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 29 Date: 11/14/2025 Title:  Indiana Freezes Childcare Vouchers, Legislators Target Mifepristone, and Why Syringe Exchange Matters 00:00- Intro 2:15- we will not have an episode the week of Thanksgiving- will drop the week after (December 5) 2:28- Special Session to start November 18, end before December 12 and it will be a part of the 2026 session 5:09- Indiana freezing childcare vouchers until 2027- leaving 31,000 families on a wait list 7:15- Letter to the White House from 55 Indiana legislators calling on a review of the safety of mifepristone is ideological hand-waving dressed up as a scientific question 11:00- The federal shutdown furloughed 50 Indiana Department of Health workers  12:25- SNAP legal drama was dramatic 16:13- Interview with Alan Wichey, CEO of Damien Center, and Dr. Shane Avery, a physician from Scott County who was involved in the 2015 HIV outbreak- we talk to them about syringe exchange programs (you can get more info and help pass the law to allow Indiana to continue syringe exchange programs at www.protectsep.org) 39:58- Little things- look at the Mifepristone letter and if your senator or rep signed it, call them and let them know your thoughts. And call your state senator and representative and let them know your thoughts on the re-gerrymander attempt. 40:44- Wrap up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 28  Date: 10/31/2025  Title:  Indiana’s Medical Debt Shrug, SNAP Shutdown, and all you could want to know about FQHCs 00:00- Intro 3:05- They are going to try and re-gerrymander Indiana. Which is good for no one 4:50- The interim study committee on medical debt in Indiana released a report that said it was issuing no recommendations, despite the fact that 20% of Hoosiers have been reported to collections for medical debt 7:06- The first flu death was confirmed in Indiana this week. Get your flu vaccine. And check out the Indiana Influenza dashboard- it is cool 8:10- The federal shutdown continues; and SNAP funding has been cut off as of today.  This is a huge deal 9:45- The New England Journal and CIDRAP is going to publish an alternative to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, because it is now unreliable 11:20- Interview with Staci Walters about what federally qualified health centers are and why they are an important aspect of public health in Indiana 23:38- Little things- call your legislator to oppose re-gerrymandering 24:30- Wrap up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 27  Date: 10/17/2025  Title:  Why we stay in Indiana and why the government shutdown over public health is important 00:00- Intro 1:37- CDC director uses his best vibes to call for the separation of the MMR vaccine into three separate shots 2:19- CDC ACIP recommendations adopted, and they quietly walked back the "only risk factors under 60" recommendation to recommend it with shared decision-making 3:13- New study shows that, even in the last winter season, COVID vaccination was massively protective against hospitalizations and death 4:15- CDC lays off 1400 employees, immediately rehires half, administrative malfeasance continues 5:50- 6 former surgeons general call for the resignation of RFK, Jr. A big deal. 6:52- The federal shutdown is about public health and pulling back the ACA subsidies is bad for all Americans 9:36- Gabe and Tracey talk to Dr. Veronica Santana-Ufret about why they stay in Indiana. Gabe mentions the book Hoosiers: A new history of Indiana (and this link is to a local bookstore!) 29:50- Call your legislators to oppose redistricting, fill out this form, and we will send you Good Trouble swag 31:00- Wrap up   Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 26  Date: 10/3/2025  Title:  Tylenol, Leucovorin, and Mifepristone—When “Science” Serves Politics, Not Patients 00:00- Intro 02:00- A school board north of Fort Wayne removes 6 books from the shelves, based on a gross misinterpretation of a sex ed law passed last year (SEA 442) 04:36- USDA no longer publishing gold standard food insecurity reports- we debunk the reasons why with the help of Katelyn Jenelina's Your Local Epidemiologist blog (a good one!) 08:24- Mifepristone safety being studied by FDA despite TONS of data that it is VERY safe- this will lead nowhere good (scientific malpractice episode 1) 10:57- HHS announces the "cause" and a "cure" for autism- and a discussion of correlation v causation, which is not that difficult to understand but apparently many don't understand it 14:45- Correlation v causation- Red wine causes you to live longer- oh wait, no it doesn't (it's just correlated with a longer life) 21:50- reaction to the press conference swift [AAP, SMFM, ACOG, SDP (which has a terrific public facing statement on this issue)] 22:20- Leucovorin as a treatment for autism and the peril of using small trials to make large claims (using vitamin C in septic shock as an example) 27:11- One little thing today- Tracey calls the Speaker of the House (and a script and phone numbers here for you to call) 29:17- Wrap up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 25 Date: 9/19/2025 Title:  Is gerrymandering a public health issue? (hint: yes) and a family facing cuts to medicaid waivers In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss continued chaos at the CDC (evergreen topic). They then talk about the partisan effort to gerrymander and why it is a public health issue. They then interview Debby Holcombe, the mother of Michael who is on a home ventilator, about the medicaid waiver system, how it has helped her family and her son, and proposed changes that put that help in peril. 00:00- Intro 01:18- The state of Indiana has cut low income childcare voucher reimbursement rates, and many child care centers are closing as a result 03:48- ACIP madness continues, as the committee meets (today!) and is voting on a lot of vaccines stuff, including COVID; but health insurers have said they are going to ignore what they say 07:00- IDSA, ACP, and AAFP have called for RKF, Jr's removal as HHS secretary 09:14- A primer on redistricting in the shadow of a threatened (likely unconstitutional) mid-decade gerrymander; is it a public health issue? Gabe and Tracey say yes 14:29- Attendant care services medicaid waiver program and how it affects one family- an interview with Debby Holcombe and about her experience with the medicaid waiver program and proposed changes that threaten families with disabled members 34:16- Little things- contact your state senator and representative, and State Senate majority leader Rod Bray and House Speaker Todd Huston and give them thoughts on the threatened gerrymander 35:23- Wrap up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 24 Date: 9/12/2025 Title:  BONUS episode: Questions answered about getting vaccines this fall In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson are joined by infectious disease physician Haley Pritchard and pharmacist Veronica Vernon to untangle the massive confusion that is vaccine policy this fall and answer questions about who should get the shot, who can get it, and try to discern why HHS did it this way. 00:00- Intro 02:30- Flu vaccines (the simple part) 04:05- Vaccine approval/recommendation process 06:20- What to expect from COVID this winter (TL;DR: lots of disease, mostly very mild) 8:31- new formulation of the COVID vaccine currently available 09:00- Who should get the vaccine (ignoring the approval/guidelines) 10:40- Confusion at pharmacies, and Gabe is pissed that he has to write prescriptions for this now 13:18- Other medical groups make recommendations about vaccines 14:31- in general, pregnant people benefit from the COVID vaccine 15:43- Kids and the COVID vaccine 16:16- Vaccines for Children program may not have COVID vaccine (this covers 50% of the kids in the country) 17:00- Can I get a COVID vaccine at a pharmacy right now? 18:13- It didn't have to be this way 19:58- Will insurance cover COVID vaccines for everyone? 21:17- wrap-up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 23 Date: 9/5/2025 Title:  The enshittification of the CDC and (unrelated) all you want to know about school based health centers In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss the continued systematic dismantling of expertise and value in the CDC, a form of enshittification (a real word). Then they talk with Dr. Meg Carlson about school-based health centers. 00:00- Intro 01:30- CDC director fired after being hired a month ago and then unsuccessfully fired and unsuccessfully asked to resign. 04:25- James O'Neill has been named as new interim CDC director. The least qualified candidate in history. 05:10- Enshittificaiton and how it applies to HHS. 06:05- Indiana Department of Health gives milquetoast answer on its approach to respiratory season guidance. 07:41- RFK, Jr. cosplays as a vitriolic scientist and requests Annals of Internal Medicine retract a study that doesn't tie aluminum to vaccine injury. They say no. 11:46- State coalitions create health alliances in the face of CDC incompetence and Florida will try to eliminate school vaccine mandates. 15:16- IDH emphasizes safe sleep in response to 10 infants dying to unsafe sleep practices 17:18- Interview with Dr. Meg Carlson, Director of Health Services for Indianapolis Public Schools, about the role of School Based Health Centers in public health. 33:54- Look at the trees as they change colors, and call your Senators to request they get rid of RFK, Jr. at HHS (phone numbers and script here) 34;46- Wrap up Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

Hoosier Health Matters Season 1, Episode 22 Date: 8/22/2025 Title:  Lived experience: an interview on the personal toll of Indiana's reproductive politics In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss Indiana public health news and then talk with Amber and Michael Dowd, who share their story of navigating a devastating fetal anomaly diagnosis under Indiana’s abortion laws. Their experience highlights the emotional toll of reproductive politics, the urgency of compassionate care, and the impact of legislation on personal healthcare decisions. 00:00- Intro 2:00- Dr. Vinay Prasad rehired a week after being forced out as the vaccine head at the FDA, highlighting the chaos in HHS 2:32- RFK, Jr. says "trusting experts is not a feature of either science or democracy" 5:04- American Academy of Pediatrics releases vaccine recommendations that are different than that of the CDC (which never happens) 6:56- Indiana abortion ban upheld by Indiana Court of Appeals 8:06- Interview with Amber (Martin) and Michael Dowd about their experience navigating Indiana's abortion ban earlier this year when they received news of a fatal fetal anomaly at 21 weeks. 38:58- Little things/Good vibes (1. develop your own story, and 2. email this episode to your lawmaker!) 40:37- Wrap up A thanks to Eli Bosslet for editing assistance on this episode. Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram