A contraception bill gone wrong, Indiana medicaid, and NIH funding controversy

Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 3
Date: 2/14/2025
Title: A contraception bill gone wrong, Indiana medicaid, and NIH funding controversy

In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss House Bill 1169, which was authored to improve access to contraception for low-income Hoosiers, but was amended to do very little and redefine birth control in the code to exclude, well, a lot. They also interview Drs. David Craig and Ivan Douglas Hicks to discuss Indiana medicaid and proposed changes in Senate Bill 2.  They also discuss the recent funding chaos at the NIH and close with an invitation to the Reproductive Health Lobby Day at the Statehouse of February 20th.

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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