Hoosier Health Matters
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.
Hoosier Health Matters
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