Hoosier Health Matters

Hoosier Health Matters
Season 2, Episode 25
Date: 10/9/2026
Title: Indiana AI fumbles disability waivers, vaccines.gov has one job (and fails), and a botched execution raises questions for Indiana

00:00 Intro
2:11- Medicaid waiver denials performed by AI paused and then unpaused and are wreaking havoc
3:38- 28 measles cases in Indiana as of this taping; over 1000 cases in Pennsylvania, and 5 people have died; the CDC admits to 2
6:17- Attorney general of Texas is investigating pediatricians for giving vaccinations. It's bonkers.
8:12- Vaccines.gov website is broken and we think that may be the point
9:46- A new vaccine injury clinic has opened and will be run by quacks
10:40- A primer on the plague
12:56- Nicole Saphier and Heidi Overton made it out of the Senate HELP committee and will be voted on by the Senate after the election
14:21- Title X funding has changed under this administration and wants people to use Natural Family Planning (which does not work)
16:49- US is the only country to not approve the “agreed conclusions” of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
18:18- Botched execution in Tennessee highlights major issues with the death penalty
20:37- The CDC has elected to ignore results on sex and violence in teens in its Youth Risk Behavior Study
22:50- GET VACCINATED, and visit voteintime.org to see where you can vote early (with wait times!)
24:11- Wrap up
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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 2, Episode 24
Date: 9/25/2026
Title:  Indiana can’t define medical frailty, measles cases rise while the federal government ignores deaths, and an interview about ending ambulance diversion

00:49- Tracey complains about the weather again
1:52- FSSA frailty definition woes
4:10- Federal lawsuit about medicaid work requirements includes an Indiana plaintiff
4:50- Indiana to remedy the flood SNAP replacements debacle
5:40- Indiana has 16 measles cases now
6:50- Pennsylvania reports its 4th meales death; federal government say there are zero (they are wrong)
8:10- Terrific one pager over respiratory season vaccines
8:56- HHS pondering changes to Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (which would be bad)
11:57- Medical orgs sue FDA over approval of e-cigarettes
12:43- Lots of people with private insurance have medical debt
13:55- Some physician groups choose to forego medical insurance because of cost
14:59- Idaho University sued over study that demonstrated 35% of OB-GYN physicians have left the state
17:12- USPSTF hasn't met for 17 months
19:05- Potential executive order over NIH grant administration would further erode American scientific enterprise (big time)
20:45- Interview with Brent Schnepp, Emergency Medical Services educator about changes to the EMS/hospital diversion rules in Indiana
31:45- Make a plan to vote NOW
32:40- Wrap up
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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 2, Episode 23
Date: 9/11/2026
Title:  Indiana loses 82,000 SNAP recipients, ectopic pregnancy deaths rise, and measles deaths get an asterisk

00:00:19 - Intro
00:01:58 - The abortion ban has made Indiana emergency department clinicians skittish
00:03:42 - Propublica showed that deaths due to ectopic pregnancies have doubled since Dobbs
00:06:06 - Indiana Supreme Court finally heard the RFRA challenge to the abortion ban
00:06:56 - 13% of SNAP recipients in Indiana no longer getting SNAP
00:08:21 - Indiana takes a draconian approach to replacing SNAP benefits for flood victims
00:09:21 - SNAP error rate puts Indiana on the hook for $47 million in admin costs
00:12:34 - Limiting SNAP sugar options is dumb
00:13:36 - ICE has been active in Indy as of late
00:14:25 - New COVID vaccine formulation approved by the FDA
00:16:08 - A summary of the batshit crazy story of the HHS mishandling of the Pennsylvania Measles deaths
00:19:23 - 400 datasets not being updated at the federal level
00:20:27 - DOGE left a bunch of zombie offices at the CDC
00:22:46 - Mifepristone case still working its way through the courts
00:24:14 - Check your voter registration and probably don't vote by mail
00:25:03 - Wrap up

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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 2, Episode 22
Date: 8/28/2026
Title:  Medicaid waiver denials skyrocket, the courts back public health, and an interview on the impact of Health First Indiana 

00:00- Intro
2:07- The Indianapolis Birth Fund gets renewed for another year!
3:15- Medicaid waiver denials have skyrocketed, leaving many people who need help without it
6:02- 300,000 Hoosiers likely impacted by Medicaid work requirements, which is a massive number
7:28- MMR vaccination rates have fallen nationally- not good
10:42- a judge stops the dismantling of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
11:36- AHRQ grants are not being renewed and senators are pissed
12:31- Jerome Adams calls out contradictions in HHS food policy
13:30- Heidi Overton nominated as FDA commissioner
14:58- 7th district court strikes down Indiana law that bars physicians from referring minors out of stste for abortion care
17:21- Idaho judge rules that there is a right to abortion for health, including mental health, reasons
18:28- Interview with Valerie Yeager and Aparna Soni about a recent study demonstrating financial return on investments from Health First Indiana (the public health funding law)
41:30- Tell those around you how you feel about them, and consider hand-writing a card of thanks to someone
42:50-Wrap-up
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Hoosier Health Matters
Season 2, Episode 21
Date: 8/14/2026
Title:  Indiana returns Medicaid money despite really needing to use it on health care and RFK gish gallops through an interview

00:00- Intro
1:34- 1,842 Good Trouble Members!  Invite those you know and love who are interested in Public Health to join GTC
2:19- Indiana FSSA gives back $310 million from the Medicaid budget back to the general funds at the same time that...
3:44- Indiana Capital Chronicle with great stories on Medicaid changes that reveal we could probably use those $310 million for health care for Hoosiers
11:37- First 2 measles cases in Indiana in 2026 reported in Parke County
12:28- Federal executive order regarding vaccines is not backed by science. Or any reputable doctors. 
14:42- mRNA influenza vaccine approved by the FDA
17:08- Dr. Erika Schwartz confirmed as CDC director
17:39- Cyclospora outbreak slowing greatly (and Gabe has survived thus far). But jalepenos are now carriers of salmonella
18:50- Gabe and Tracey break down a recent interview with RFK junior and introduce the term "Gish Gallop"
35:00- Tracey wants people to donate to a local nonprofit newsroom, and Gabe wants you to put down your phone and chill with your kids (if you have them)
36:40- Wrap up
Elijah Bosslet provided editing assistance on this episode

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