NEXT EPISODE WILL BE JULY 17

0:00- Intro

2:05- A new website shows you health care service prices at health care institutions in Indiana.

4:08- 40% of Hoosiers can't afford the cost of living

5:25- FDA VRBPAC approves the mRNA flu vaccine that the previous FDA vaccine czar refused to review.

8:07- Military removes a flu vaccine requirement- vaccine coverage goes from nearly 100% to 40%- huge outbreak at an air force base in Texas. Stupid decisions yield predictably stupid results.

9:56- RFK, Jr pissed that a shitty vaccine study has been retracted

12:25- Ebola outbreak continues

13:09- 770,000 kids from 12 states no longer receiving SNAP (food) benefits

14:14- Rural health grant rules being changed mid-stream

15:43- Title X program lawsuit challenges changes to the Title X program (this is a good lawsuit)

17:18- Gabe reminds us that moms.gov exists, which is a terrible website

17:58- States losing a lot of money due to abortion restrictions- and Indiana is one of the biggest losers

19:24- Tracey teaches us all about the federal embryo adoption program, and recent problematic changes around the language of that program

21:53- Go team USA!!!!

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0:00- Intro

2:25- 20% less Indiana children enrolled in Indiana Medicaid today compared to a year ago

4:32- Fairbanks School of Public Health joins with Indiana Department of Health to form an academic health department partnership (yay!)

6:29- Indiana tries to reign in healthcare costs by limiting hospital charges to employer based programs starting July 1

7:57- Andre Carson files bill to make SunBucks a default opt-in program (likely in response to Indiana opting out the last 2 years for reasons that seem nefarious)

10:27- MAHA wants people to eat vegetable but the Department of Agriculture is cutting funding for fresh foods in their programs

11:47- Federal House Budget would cut two extremely successful health outcomes and implementation science programs

13:56- Indiana's attorney general wants to make sure the EPA is monitoring mifepristone in drinking water. Math tells us you would have to drink 233 lifetimes of water in a very short time to achieve 1/1000th of the therapeutic serum level

17:33- FDA mifepristone safety investigation starting in earnest

18:54- Interview with State Senator Mike Bohacek about his bill to legalize medical marijuana in Indiana

32:05- Join Good Trouble for a social meetup Tuesday June 23 at Half Liter in Broad ripple at 6 pm! And watch the US beat Australia in the World Cup!

32:56- Wrap up

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0:00- Intro

1:57- Infant mortality rate for Indiana steady but remains higher than the national rate

3:11- Indiana sues federal government over a proposed change to marijuana policy

5:10- June declared "nuclear family month" by Governor Braun, despite the fact that families look a lot of different ways, and only 18% of Hoosier households meet this definition

7:02- Many more tick bites this year so check yourself

7:49- FSSA halts new ABA provider enrollment

8:33- HHS ACIP charter proposal pulled and ACIP is in shambles

10:30- New federal executive order sets the stage for major vaccine schedule changes

12:14- FDA report: no child deaths associated with COVID vaccine

13:03- Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the 3rd largest on record (not something to worry about, but not a good situation and any Americans who get ebola will not be treated in the United States (breaking from previous policy)

16:05- National smoking rate down to 9%!

17:13- Proposed rule change will make devastating changes to research grants in the United States (read the statement by Academy Health)

22:37- Go to a pride celebration and join GTC for the annual meeting on Monday June 8th on zoom!

24:23- Wrap up

Editing assistance on this episode by Elijah Bosslet

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