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. 1H AGO

    No shadow, no money, and no medicaid: Indiana’s Groundhog Day

    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

    31 min

  2. JAN 30

    Legislative halftime! Plus the AAP is now the source for vaccine info and jabronis doing jabroni things at HHS

    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

    29 min

  3. JAN 23

    An update on bills and an interview about SB 236, which deals with pregnancy and is a problem for the entire house of medicine

    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

    34 min

  4. JAN 16

    SB1 will kick people off medicaid, Gabe and Tracey argue about SB 221, and new batshit ACIP members

    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

    24 min

  5. JAN 9

    Indiana opts out of Sunbucks again, the vertical flu graph, and a fast-moving legislative session

    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

    23 min

  6. 12/19/2025

    A legislative prep episode featuring a tenderloin

    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

    29 min

  7. 12/05/2025

    Taxing cigarettes reduces smoking (who knew?) and a direct cash assistance program for pregnant women

    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 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 Thanks for listening! Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram

    42 min

  8. 11/14/2025

    Indiana Freezes Childcare Vouchers, Legislators Target Mifepristone, and Why Syringe Exchange Matters

    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

    44 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
    36
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Hoosier Health Matters
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