Hoosier Health Matters
Season 2, Episode 14Date: 5/8/2026Title: RFK doesn't want you using antidepressants, armed forces no longer require flu vaccine, and Tracey teaches us all about mifepristone
0:00- Intro
1:33- GTC is looking for an executive director! More info here
2:11- Casey Means is out for Surgeon General, Nicole Saphier is in
3:20- 988 Hotline for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis, is being reinstated and a JAMA paper shows that it has saved a lot of lives
4:25- RFK, Jr wants people to stop using antidepressants
5:58- Indiana Medicaid seeking return of $200 million of payments for attendant care providers
7:40- 400 new FSSA workers just to check eligibility with the new rules (holy crap)
9:23- 340B program changes will not apply to FQHC clinics (good news)
10:17- Audit of Marion County Office of Public Health and Safety not good
11:12- Indiana drops involvement in lawsuit regarding section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (which is good) but for reasons that aren't great
12:04- Pentagon ends requirement for active duty military to be immunized against flu (which is bad policy)
13:37- COVID vaccine paper that HHS would not publish has been leaked and you can read it here
14:26- Tracey's primer on medication abortion and shenanigans by the 5th circuit court of appeals
19:17- Ban on medicaid billing for Planned Parenthood up for grabs in Congress
20:09- Happy National Nurses Week! And get to know the candidates in your district who won their primaries
21:02- Wrap up
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