Hoosier Health Matters

The Good Trouble Coalition

Hoosier Health Matters focuses on the pressing health policy issues in Indiana and tries to make this stuff not boring. Hosted by Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson, board members of the Good Trouble Coalition, this podcast brings together healthcare and public health stakeholders to discuss, educate, and advocate for patient-centered care, public health, and health equity. It will focus on state-level health policies, legislative updates, and expert interviews. 

  1. 1d ago

    "Nuclear family month" executive order 🙄, vaccine guidance in limbo, and the politicization of NIH grants

    Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 16 Date: 6/5/2026 Title:  "Nuclear family month" executive order 🙄, more vaccine policy chaos, and the political takeover of NIH grants 0:00- Intro 1:57- Infant mortality rate for Indiana steady but remains higher than the national rate 3:11- Indiana sues federal government over a proposed change to marijuana policy 5:10- June declared "nuclear family month" by Governor Braun, despite the fact that families look a lot of different ways, and only 18% of Hoosier households meet this definition 7:02- Many more tick bites this year so check yourself  7:49- FSSA halts new ABA provider enrollment 8:33- HHS ACIP charter proposal pulled and ACIP is in shambles 10:30- New federal executive order sets the stage for major vaccine schedule changes 12:14- FDA report: no child deaths associated with COVID vaccine 13:03- Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the 3rd largest on record (not something to worry about, but not a good situation and any Americans who get ebola will not be treated in the United States (breaking from previous policy) 16:05- National smoking rate down to 9%! 17:13- Proposed rule change will make devastating changes to research grants in the United States (read the statement by Academy Health) 22:37- Go to a pride celebration and join GTC for the annual meeting on Monday June 8th on zoom! 24:23- Wrap up Editing assistance on this episode by Elijah Bosslet Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    24 min

  2. May 22

    USPSTF turmoil, moms.gov propaganda, and modernizing Indiana's HIV laws

    Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 15 Date: 5/22/2026 Title:  USPSTF turmoil, moms.gov propaganda, and modernizing Indiana's HIV laws 0:00- Intro 1:33- Physician in charge of the Hantavirus oubreak has no public health experience but does have a podcast called "The Erection Connection" 2:30- United States Preventative Services Task Force quietly being dismantled 4:13- Marty Makary resigns as head of FDA- we now have no CDC director, no FDA director, no surgeon general 5:42- Nicole Saphier, nominee for Surgeon General, is a grifter 7:10- NIH doesn't have enough grant managers to pay out all the grants that have been awarded 8:34- Federal government had been holding up immigration visas for doctors but it looks like they are going back on that 9:38- Updates in abortion 12:08- Moms.gov is a really s****y website 14:36- New FSSA plan to attempt to reign in Indian Healthcare costs is a novel attempt to acheive this 18:30- Thoughts about legalizing marijuana in Indiana may be changing 19:57- Interview with Dr. Carrie Foote about the HIV Modernization Movement to reform scientifically outdated laws that criminalize Hoosiers living with HIV.  35:00- Join Good Trouble for its annual meeting (on Zoom) on June 8! 35:53- Wrap up This episode was edited by Elijah Bosslet. Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    37 min

  3. May 8

    RFK doesn't want you using antidepressants, armed forces no longer require flu vaccine, and Tracey teaches us all about mifepristone

    Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 14 Date: 5/8/2026 Title:  RFK doesn't want you using antidepressants, armed forces no longer require flu vaccine, and Tracey teaches us all about mifepristone 0:00- Intro 1:33- GTC is looking for an executive director!  More info here 2:11- Casey Means is out for Surgeon General, Nicole Saphier is in 3:20- 988 Hotline for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis, is being reinstated and a JAMA paper shows that it has saved a lot of lives 4:25- RFK, Jr wants people to stop using antidepressants  5:58- Indiana Medicaid seeking return of $200 million of payments for attendant care providers 7:40- 400 new FSSA workers just to check eligibility with the new rules (holy crap) 9:23- 340B program changes will not apply to FQHC clinics (good news) 10:17- Audit of Marion County Office of Public Health and Safety not good 11:12- Indiana drops involvement in lawsuit regarding section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (which is good) but for reasons that aren't great 12:04- Pentagon ends requirement for active duty military to be immunized against flu (which is bad policy) 13:37- COVID vaccine paper that HHS would not publish has been leaked and you can read it here 14:26- Tracey's primer on medication abortion and shenanigans by the 5th circuit court of appeals  19:17- Ban on medicaid billing for Planned Parenthood up for grabs in Congress 20:09- Happy National Nurses Week!  And get to know the candidates in your district who won their primaries 21:02- Wrap up Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    22 min

  4. Apr 24

    The PBM black box, Marion County’s dirty air, and the CDC’s vaccine slow-walk

    Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 13 Date: 4/24/2026 Title:  The PBM black box, Marion County’s dirty air, and the CDC’s vaccine slow-walk 0:00- Intro 2:00- The Good Trouble Coalition is hiring an executive director- look out for an email from GTC! 2:40- Governor Braun moves $200 million to the childcare development fund to provide more vouchers for daycare access 4:19- CDC delays release of MMWR report outlining COVID vaccine efficacy 5:24- Erica Schwartz nominated to run CDC- most reliable people think she is a good choice 6:33- ACIP charter revised by RFK, Jr to allow his "experts" to participate 8:15- RFK, Jr walks back his antivaccine stance to congress 9:54- Trump Administration dropped the court fight over major changes to NIH funding rates 11:15- American Lung Association's State of the Air report demonstrates Marion County failed all measures. Not good. 12:29- Indiana Supreme Court will hear the abortion ban challenge (and skip the appellate court) 13:15- Louisiana case challenging mifepristone now at the 5th circuit court of appeals and plaintiffs have asked for an injunction on its use without face to face visit 14:42- EPA releases list of Human Health Benchmarks for Pharmaceuticals that includes abortion and oral contraceptive medications 17:43- Interview with Veronica Vernon, Pharmacist and Butler Professor, about Pharmacy Benefit Managers and what in the heck they do 35:15- VOTE IN THE PRIMARY 36:06- Wrap up Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    37 min

  5. Apr 10

    SCOTUS sparks conversion therapy controversy, ideology drives Title X changes, and Indiana’s $207M plan for rural health

    Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 12 Date: 4/10/2026 Title:  SCOTUS sparks conversion therapy controversy, ideology drives Title X changes, and Indiana’s $207M plan for rural health 0:00- Intro 1:15 - Join the Good Trouble Coalition Board 2:01- SCOTUS rules that Colorado cannot ban conversion therapy, but Gabe has complicated thoughts about this ruling 12:01- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library fully funded in all 92 Indiana counties 12:40- Tracey explains to all of us what Title X is and why new funding through Title X is bad 15:58- Match day just passed- we explain what that is and how match results demonstrate the mess that is payment incentives in medicine 21:05- Interview with Cara Veale, the CEO of the Indiana Rural Health Association about the Rural Health Transformation Grant 37:17- It is time to vote in the primary- between now and May 5th. Find your ballot and an early voting site at https://indianavoters.in.gov/ 38:38- Wrap up Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    40 min

  6. Mar 27

    Good news on opioid deaths, judge calls ACIP incompetent, and a discussion about tobacco in Indiana

    Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 11 Date: 3/27/2026 Title:  Good news on opioid deaths, judge calls ACIP incompetent, and a historical look at tobacco use in Indiana 0:00- Intro 1:21- Good Trouble call for new board members 3:12 Opioid deaths down in Indiana (and all states)- good news! 4:09 Estimates suggest medicaid changes could drop up to 100,000 Hoosiers 5:04 Planned Parenthood to close two Indianapolis sites 6:01 Indiana lags in primary and preventative care 8:07 New report highlights likely fraud in autism therapy in Indiana (this story pissed Tracey off) 11:51 Administration misses deadline to nominate a new CDC director 12:54 Casey Means does not appear to have the votes to get out of committee for her Surgeon General nomination 13:26 Dramatic week for ACIP- Robert Malone picked up his ball and went home 16:11 Interview with Miranda Spitznagle, director of the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation 37:24 Little things/good vibes 38:21 Wrap up Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    39 min

  7. Mar 13

    Indiana’s 340B safety net under attack, syringe services survive without a signature, and RFK Jr's nutrition theater

    Hoosier Health Matters Season 2, Episode 10 Date: 3/13/2026 Title:  Indiana’s 340B safety net under attack, syringe services survive without a signature, and RFK Jr's nutrition theater 00:00- Intro 2:01- SB 91 becomes a law without the signature of Governor Braun 5:13- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library almost funded despite no state government funds 6:50- Permanent injunction on the Indiana Abortion ban based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (but it's not over 9:04- Vinay Prasad resigns from the FDA again 11:05- Another study debunks Tylenol-autism, FDA reverses guidance on leucovorin for autism, and new independent autism advisory panel 13:25- States passing laws protecting clinicians from lawsuits around vaccine confusion 14:34- HHS announces a nutrition education initiative for medical schools, includes Purdue University in the list of 40 schools that have signed on besides the fact that Purdue doesn't have a medical school 16:39- An interview with Alan Witchey, CEO of the Damien Center, about the importance of the 340B drug pricing program and its role in the care of vulnerable patients in Indiana- and a HUGE risk to that program as the result of a proposed regulation change by Indiana FSSA You should use this script to send an email comment on this proposed change before March 27! 37:58- Wrap up Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    39 min

  8. Mar 6

    End of session wrap-up and fewer medical residents want to come to Indiana

    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 Become a member of the Good Trouble Coalition (free!) Donate to support the Good Trouble Coalition Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    24 min
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Hoosier Health Matters focuses on the pressing health policy issues in Indiana and tries to make this stuff not boring. Hosted by Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson, board members of the Good Trouble Coalition, this podcast brings together healthcare and public health stakeholders to discuss, educate, and advocate for patient-centered care, public health, and health equity. It will focus on state-level health policies, legislative updates, and expert interviews. 

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  • Creator
    The Good Trouble Coalition
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Hoosier Health Matters
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