Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 14
Date: 5/2/2025
Title: Exhaling after the legislative session

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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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 13
Date: 4/25/2025
Title: SB1: The tax break likely to cost most Hoosiers more taxes

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

Elijah Bosslet provided editorial assistance on this week's episode

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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 12
Date: 4/18/2025
Title: The not-so-great plan to Make Indiana Healthy Again

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)

24:05- Little things to do this week

24:47- Wrap up

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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 11
Date: 4/11/2025
Title: The measles in Indiana, medicaid overhaul passes the house, and effect of HHS cuts on the Indiana Immunization Coalition (interview)

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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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 10
Date: 4/4/2025
Title: How the federal government is dismantling public health (and a couple other things)

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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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 9
Date: 3/28/2025
Title: A favorable ruling in the TPR case and the role of pharmacists in public health

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- you can find the quarterly IDH Terminated Pregnancy Report here

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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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 8
Date: 3/21/2025
Title: The evolution of medicaid reform, horse dentists, and harm reduction

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

Audio and editing- Elijah Bosslet

HHM cover art- Janine Zee-Cheng

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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 7
Date: 3/14/2025
Title: Navigating Indiana's legislative website (it's easy!) and the harm of crisis pregnancy centers in Indiana

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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