00:00- Intro

00:35- Tracey is confused by NASCAR

1:35- 24 new members since last episode! Tell your friends to become GTC members!

2:29- Indianapolis one of the 5 least fit cities (out of 100)

5:02- Indiana flush with cash ($6 billion in reserves)

6:51- Despite this, we have opted out of Sunbucks for 2027 (which provides meals to low-income children over the summer)

9:05- 954 Cyclospora cases in Indiana. Don't eat bagged lettuce.

11:16- US has the highest annual measles cases already this year in 35 years but Indiana has no cases in 2026!

14:50- CDC nominee Erica Schwartz was less than impressive in her nomination hearing

16:27- House passes Sunshine Protection Act, which would make it dark most of the morning in Indiana

17:50- Department of Defense to test all 30-year-old soldiers for their testosterone levels, which is super weird. 

19:23- Interview with Jane Hartsock about Public Health-related court cases

52:07- Little things- Enjoy the last few days of summer with your kids, and discover your Indiana Statehouse candidates, find which ones align with your values, and donate to them (same for the Senate if that seat is up for election!) Email goodtrouble@goodtroubleindiana.org if you need help with this!

54:09- Wrap-up

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0:00- Intro

1:18- Join Good Trouble and let friends know to join us too- help us get to 2,000 members

2:48- Indiana ranked as one of the 10 worst states in which to live, and CNBC pointed out how terrible child care is here as a cause

4:02- Indiana SNAP error rate rises a bit, but remains below the national average (and the state has to pay a penalty for this)

5:46- TPR report case, which we have followed for 2+ years, now resolved by the Indiana Supreme Court and TPRs will not be released (which is good)

8:09- Indiana Medicaid updates, including rollout of new work requirements, which necessitate that you work for 3 months before getting benefits. Which is dumb.

9:28- Medicaid patients now able to go to Planned Parenthood again in all states except Indiana

11:28- ACIP committee charter rewritten (again)

12:36- CDC Executive Advisory, Science and Operations unit planned, which will require political appointees to approve scientific publications by CDC, which is not how this works

14:30- Cyclospora and explosive watery diarrhea

19:00- ACA (Obamacare) premiums predicted to rise a double digit percentage again next year

20:50- Teen pregnancy prevention program grants cancelled and changed in ways that mirror moms.gov and teh federal government does not want you masturbating

24:33- Mifepristone safety study by FDA continuing and may be released this year?

26:10- Watch the World Cup and take social media off of your phone

27:48- Wrap up

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NEXT EPISODE WILL BE JULY 17

0:00- Intro

2:05- A new website shows you health care service prices at health care institutions in Indiana.

4:08- 40% of Hoosiers can't afford the cost of living

5:25- FDA VRBPAC approves the mRNA flu vaccine that the previous FDA vaccine czar refused to review.

8:07- Military removes a flu vaccine requirement- vaccine coverage goes from nearly 100% to 40%- huge outbreak at an air force base in Texas.  Stupid decisions yield predictably stupid results.

9:56- RFK, Jr pissed that a shitty vaccine study has been retracted

12:25- Ebola outbreak continues

13:09- 770,000 kids from 12 states no longer receiving SNAP (food) benefits

14:14- Rural health grant rules being changed mid-stream

15:43- Title X program lawsuit challenges changes to the Title X program (this is a good lawsuit)

17:18- Gabe reminds us that moms.gov exists, which is a terrible website

17:58- States losing a lot of money due to abortion restrictions- and Indiana is one of the biggest losers

19:24- Tracey teaches us all about the federal embryo adoption program, and recent problematic changes around the language of that program

21:53- Go team USA!!!!

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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)

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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 goodtrouble@goodtroubleindiana.org 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss 

00:00- Intro

1:20- Tracey's state fair llama costume contest disappointment

3:28- $500 million in mRNA vaccine research cancelled and ACIP kicks out medical societies

6:48- New CDC director confirmed by the Senate

7:45- JAMA article shows 35% of OB/GYN physicians have left Idaho since its abortion ban

9:00- Indiana General Assembly interim study committees look at some public health issues

13:11- Interview with Dr. Gabriel Filippelli, executive director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute

31:48- Little things/Good vibes- Green energy options at the big Indiana utilities

1. AES- green power option
2. Duke energy- GoGreen Indiana
3. Indiana Michigan Power- GoGreen
4. NIPSCO- green power
5. Centerpoint Energy- Green Energy Rider

Get a purple air!

33:53- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss the decision by HHS to abruptly cancel the Preventative Services Taskforce meeting and what it could mean for public health, a provision of the federal budget that makes Planned Parenthood no longer a healthcare resource for anyone on Medicaid, and a sketchy committee discussing SSRIs in pregnancy. Then Tracey and Gabe interview Dr. Lauren Magee, a gun safety researcher from IU School of Medicine about gun violence in Indiana. 

00:00- Intro

00:55- Tracey spoke on Capitol Hill in DC

2:10- USPSTF meeting cancelled- not good

4:15- Federal budget bans Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood for any services (abortion has not been paid for by Medicaid for decades)

6:12- HHS Meeting about SSRIs in pregnancy held by very sketchy SSRI skeptics

7:37- Interview with Dr. Lauren Magee on gun violence and public health in Indiana

25:32- Little things/Good Vibes (Happy Gilmore 2 comes out this weekend)

28:34- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss the decision by the ACIP to remove thimerosal from vaccine formulations in the US, which will have little effect on vaccines here but underscore their escape from scientific decision-making. They also discuss the Indiana-specific effects of the Big Beautiful Bill on Medicaid and SNAP. It is not good. And a bunch of random questions about stuff.

00:00- Intro

02:15- BMV rule to disallow gender changes on state IDs- YOU CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS HERE

4:05- Indiana Department of Health abortion ban enforcement report doesn't do that much (full report at the bottom of this article)

4:53- ACIP bans thimerosal from vaccines, establishing firmly that they are more interested in making decisions based on vibes rather than science

7:26- AAP and other medical societies sue HHS over COVID-19 vaccine guidance 

8:06- another measles case (Putnam County) and convincing folks about vaccines

10:06- The BBB will make SNAP benefits much more expensive for Indiana and will likely cut about 12% of recipients

14:22- Medicaid changes in the big Beautiful bill will cut 127,000 Hoosiers from Medicaid and will jeopardize up to 12 rural hospitals in Indiana

20:08- How does medical debt show up in medical practice?

21:48- Why do states not embrace gun safety laws given the fact that it reduces death? (

24:18- Climate change and public health- we talk about Purple Air monitors among other things

28:19- Little things/good vibes

28:55- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss the new members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and find many of them to be sus. They discuss SCOTUS's ruling on the Tennessee gender affirming care ban and they highlight the fact that opioid deaths are down 24% over the past year. And they interview Daniel Grossman MD, about the (bogus) recent mifepristone report that has provided cover for RFK, Jr. to review mifepristone.

00:00- Intro

1:58- submit questions for the next episode! Email us at goodtrouble@goodtroubleindiana.org

2:55- A breakdown of the members of the new ACIP committee (mostly sus)

8:15- SCOTUS uphold the Tennessee gender affirming care ban stand (not good)

9:25- LGBTQ youth specialization hotline discontinued by the federal government

10:38- Opioid deaths way down- see the CDC state-by-state dashboard

12:12- Interview with Dr. Daniel Grossman on the recent mifepristone report that has provided cover for RFK, Jr. to review mifepristone.

28:28- Little things or good vibes (call your Senators about the budget)

29:38- Wrap-up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including a discussion of the rescinding of a guidance about EMTALA in pregnancy (we will explain this- it is a big deal), RFK, Jr's move to fire all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and then we interview Emily Weikert Bryant, executive director of Feeding Indiana's Hungry, about the state of food insecurity in Indiana.

00:00- Intro

01:16- The Trump Administration has rescinded a guidance regarding how EMTALA works for pregnant women who need an emergency abortion

10:21- RFK, Jr. has fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and will likely replace them with cranks and grifters

12:59- The Bethesda Declaration, an open letter by academics and scientists pushes back against the NIH

14:20- Interview with Emily Weikert Bryant, Executive Director of Feeding Indiana's Hungry, about food insecurity in Indiana

30:46- Little things- Call Senator Banks and Senator Young to urge them not to cut SNAP benefits- you can find their numbers and a script here

32:35- Wrap -up

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**Editorial note: Gabe's audio this week is wonky because he had to tape in a room that apparently had demons in it that could only be heard by the microphone**

In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including a brain dead woman in Georgia who is forced to continue a pregnancy, they highlight what the Federal budget passed by the House of Representatives may mean for Indiana, and process changes to decision making at the FDA and CDC that undermine the credibility of national vaccine policy. They then take a deep dive with Good Trouble board member and lawyer Jane Hartsock on two cases being heard that will have major impacts for health policy in Indiana.

00:00- Intro

1:25- Georgia case of a brain dead woman forced to continue a pregnancy against her family's will; the statute that requires this exists also in Indiana law (see this interactive map outlining state laws regarding pregnancy and advance directives)

3:20- the POST form in Indiana and pregancy

6:27- The federal budget cuts medicaid dramatically and what it will mean for Indiana (it is not good)

9:17- ban on medicaid/affordable care act plans from paying for gender-affirming transition care even for adults

10:28- Major changes to COVID-19 vaccine policy (NEJM announcement, HHS announcement)

16:30- New MAHA report released; more of the same as we have discussed

17:55- Interview with Jane Hartsock about health policy legal cases 

20:05- U.S. v. Skrmetti

24:38- The Religious Freedom Restoration Act challenge to the Indiana abortion ban

29:40- little things/good news

31:34- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including Measles in Indiana (flat, thank goodness), shenanigans related to a lawsuit and FDA investigation into the safety of mifepristone, and the shameful fact that Indiana has pulled out of the SUN Bucks program. They then discuss the nomination of Casey Means as surgeon general, someone who is not a practicing or board-certified physician- they use this to discuss the goals of the Make America Healthy Again movement. They then interview Amy Levander, Good Trouble lobbyist, to talk about what a lobbyist does and get her thoughts on the 2025 legislative session.

00:00- Intro

1:45- Measles is flat

1:55- Mifepristone shenanigans- the Trump admin wanted to throw out a case, but for all the wrong reasons. And now the FDA is going to re-review Mifepristone based on junk science

4:45- Indiana opts out of the SUN Bucks program, which provides food money to low-income families

6:57- The nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General, who never finished a residency and does not have a medical license (here is the newsletter we reference in this discussion). Here we discuss what MAHA means and how there are actually good policy ideas in the movement (but the devil is in the details of the execution).

14:42- discussion of the "Why Should I Trust You?" podcast

16:10- What does a lobbyist do? Interview with Amy Levander, lobbyist for The Good Trouble Coalition

29:32- Little things you can do this week- call your representative and urge them to not cut medicaid funding. And call Senator Young and Banks and urge them to not confirm Casey Means. You can find scripts for both phone calls here.

30:49- Wrap Up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including Measles in Indiana (flat, thank goodness), and journals get a threatening letter from a US attorney. They then talk about the end of the session: a wrap up on the bills GTC followed, a silver lining (cigarette tax), and discuss the massive budget cuts, including to public health funding (not good). Also, this will be the last weekly edition of this podcast, which will start dropping every other week (next episode 5/16/2025).

00:00- Intro

01:20- ANNOUNCEMENT- podcast moving to every other week episodes

02:58- updates- measles flat, legal challenge against HHS public health funding cuts, journals sent nutso letter from US Attorney for DC (response from lancet)

06:08- what the heck does "sine die" mean?

07:23- 30,000 foot view of the legislative session (from Good Trouble's point of view)

10:46- The terrible budget and slash and burn end to the budget bill (HEA 1001)

12:34- Massive cuts to public health in the 2025-2026 budget

17:15- The silver lining (raising the cigarette tax)

22:58- Little things to do this week including a Good Trouble meetup

24:38- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including Measles in Indiana (flat, thank goodness), and Universities pushing back against federal overreach. They then talk about SB 442 (the sex ed bill), and use it to explain how conference committees work. They then interview Professor Michael Hicks about Senate Bill 1, which dramatically changes how local taxes work.

00:00- intro

1:14- Updates: Measles cases relatively flat,  Universities push back against federal overreach, Op-ed about the effects of the NIH in Indiana

4:28- SEA 442 (sex ed bill) shenanigans teach us all about conference committees, you can watch the 13-minute meeting (but it has a good ending)

12:42- Interview with economics Professor Michael Hicks (Ball State University) about the details on SEA 1 ("property tax bill")

30:07- Little things to do this week- Call Senator Gary Byrne to let him know how important teaching consent in sex ed is! And call your Federal Senators and Representative and tell them to reinstate the funding of the NIH Women's Health Study.

31:48- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including a brief discussion of how fluoride at reasonable doses in the water is beneficial, an update on bills in the legislature, and a breakdown of the nine Executive Orders in Governor Braun's "Make Indiana Healthy Again" initiative revealing that they are designed more to cut people off of SNAP benefits than actually make anyone more healthy.

00:00- intro

1:00- Apply to be a Good Trouble Coalition Board Member

1:35- Fluoride in drinking water

3:41- Bill update- SB 96 is dead, SB 475 (physician non-competes) is in conference committee, and SB 442 (sex ed) was improved but still isn't great, and the budget bill (HB 1001) battles are ongoing, but it's not great

11:30- A breakdown of the "Make Indiana Healthy Again" initiative announced this week, and looking at how the 9 Executive Orders that make up this initiative will make Hoosiers healthier (spoiler alert: most won't)

A terrific op ed on the Make Indiana Health Again by researcher Erika Cheng, PhD

24:05- Little things to do this week

24:47- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including quick story updates, how to approach vaccination now that measles has been detected in Indiana (6 cases), a bad sex ed bill passes out of a house committee even worse than it went in, how it started/how it ended for SB2 (the medicaid overhaul bill) which has passed both houses; and an interview with Sara Dillard, communications director at the Indiana Immunization Coalition, which has lost a ton of funding in the HHS budget cuts.

00:00- intro

00:40- updates on past stories: lawsuit over the NIH funding cuts, the state has appealed the TPR injunction ruling, PRAMS maternal mortality data collection halted

4:40- Measles is now in Indiana, and how to know if you need to inquire about a booster (from Your Local Epidemiologist)

9:02- SB 442 (the sex ed bill) passes out of House Education committee even worse than it went in

10:35- SB 2 (medicaid overhaul) passes House- how it started/how it ended

18:00- Interview with Sara Dillard, communications director for the Indiana Immunization Coalition (IIC), talks about the effects of HHS cuts on the IIC

25:05- Little things you can do this week

26:20- wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including major HHS job cuts resulting in a 25% reduction in the workforce, an update on bills heard this week, a discussion of Title X funding and what that means, and massive federal cuts to public health spending.

00:00- Introduction

1:35- updates- more measles, massive cuts to the HHS workforce

5:53- Update on SB 96, SB 2, SB 473, and HB 1003

8:57- Cuts to Title X family planning funding

16:30- Public Health funding cuts to CDC will affect Indiana significantly

22:40- Little things (call Brad Barrett and urge him to vote on SB 96)

24:02- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including a lawsuit opposing the Columbia NIH grant issue and a charlatan is named by an unserious person (RKF jr) to head up a(nother) study of vaccines and autism (narrator: the science is pretty settled here). They interview Veronica Vernon, a pharmacist, about the role of pharmacists in vaccination distribution and public health.

00:00- Introduction

1:46- Updates, including a lawsuit against the Trump administration by the American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors and RFK Jr names an unserious person to head up an unneeded study of vaccines and autism

4:37- A favorable ruling the Terminated Pregnancy Reports lawsuit

10:44- Senate Bill 96 and the role of pharmacists in public health: an interview with Veronica Vernon

22:10- Little things: April 1st gatherings at the statehouse, and call your federal Senators and Representatives to give your input about the HHS vaccines study

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss how SB2 (medicaid reform) has changed as it has traversed the legislature. They discuss the Senate floor testimony about SCR 24 (crisis pregnancy centers), and how Senator Yoder pointed out that horse dentists are more closely regulated in Indiana than pregnancy centers. And they interview Cameron McNeely HB 1167, which decriminalizes drug test strips, about harm reduction and public health.

00:00- Introduction

1:19- updates (NIH grants cancellation, Flu shots updated but without VRBPAC input)

5:13- Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 passes, Senator Yoder points out that horse dentists are regulated more than Crisis Pregnancy Centers

9:05- Medicaid overhaul (SB2) has it's rough edges sanded down

12:57- HB 1167 allows for drug test strips and an interview with Cameron McNeely on harm reduction

22:06- 2 little things to do this week

24:31- wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss how to find information about bills on the Indiana General Assembly website (which is one of the best in the country) and talk about Senate Concurrent Resolution 24, which commends Crisis Pregnancy Centers. They interview Dr. Erin Johnson, a PhD postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University who studies reproductive health social movements about Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Indiana and why the risks of these centers outweigh the positive benefits.

00:00-  introduction

2:08- Update on TPR case, possible government shutdown 

3:10- How to use the Indiana General Assembly website

4:32- Quick discussion of HB 1148

7:14- Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 overview

9:04- Interview with Erin Johnson, PhD regarding crisis pregnancy centers

Repro health resources:

Crisis Pregnancy Center map project

IneedanA.com

Abortionfinder.org

23:03- Little things you can do this week

24:45- Wrap up

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In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss give kudos to Governor Braun for an executive order that beefs up parental leave for Indiana state employees. They then talk about one of the less controversial parts of SB 289 that would nonetheless completely change the face of medical education in not good ways. And they talk to Carrie Rouse, an OB GYN and member of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee about the committee and maternal mortality in Indiana.

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00:00- Introduction

01:23- Halftime bird's eye view of the session

04:15- Dolly Parton teaches us all about how the budget is the most tangible manifestation of Hoosier priorities

09:34- Senator Shelli Yoder talks about the push to eliminate the menstruation tax for Hoosiers

16:25- How the new HHS secretary is taking the "Leeroy Jenkins" approach to public health and how this is really, really bad

21:57- 2 things you can do this week, including at terrific substack on how to find out how to know if you are likely immune to the measles, and the Stand Up for Science rally on March 7 from 12-2 on the South Lawn of the Statehouse

23:13- Wrap up

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Gabe's medium pieces summarizing the Governor's Public Health Commission: part 1, part 2

00:00- Introduction

01:00- Updates on bills we have discussed: SB 317 (did not pass- boo!), HB 1169 (did not pass- yay!), SB 442 (passed- boo!), SB 475 (passed- yay!)

03:00- Terminated pregnancy reports case (temporary restraining order ruling)

04:06- Bills that died that make us sad (SB 145 and HB 1251), and those that make us happy (HB 1657 and SB 286)

08:12- The basics of public health delivery in Indiana (before the Governor's public health commission)

09:58- Funding of public health before 2023 (far below the national average)

12:12- Indiana standing in typical public health outcomes

13:01- What do local health departments actually do in Indiana?

14:56- Governor's public health commission recommendations

16:27- Public health funding in 2025-2026 budget (HB 1001) 

18:25- Health First Indiana County Scorecard 

19:16- Life expectancy in Indiana is going down

19:57- Something you should do this week (bill page on the General Assembly website)

21:42- Summary and wrap up

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00:00 Introduction 

01:25 House Bill 1169: The Contraceptive Access Debate

07:14 Senate Bill 2: Understanding Medicaid in Indiana (Report: The economic power of Indiana's Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP): 2025)

21:13 NIH funding chaos

25:39 Small things for this week (including this short clip from Mallory McMorrow and an invitation to the Reproductive Health Lobby Day February 20)

27:27 Wrap up

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00:00- Introduction

01:50- Senate Bill 370: Tracey's colonoscopy bill

05:18- Senate Bill 317: Reducing Medical Debt (with special guest Fady Qaddoura!)

09:50 -Senate Bill 442: Sex Education in Indiana

12:52 -The Cancellation of the IULGBTQ+ Healthcare Conference (read Lawdork's blog about this here) 

16:07 -Concerns Over CDC pulling clinical information and data (terrific article here)

19:44- Small things you should do this week (find your legislators here)

22:33 Wrap up

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