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