Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 11
Date: 4/11/2025
Title: The measles in Indiana, medicaid overhaul passes the house, and effect of HHS cuts on the Indiana Immunization Coalition (interview)

In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson update public health news including quick story updates, how to approach vaccination now that measles has been detected in Indiana (6 cases), a bad sex ed bill passes out of a house committee even worse than it went in, how it started/how it ended for SB2 (the medicaid overhaul bill) which has passed both houses; and an interview with Sara Dillard, communications director at the Indiana Immunization Coalition, which has lost a ton of funding in the HHS budget cuts.

00:00- intro

00:40- updates on past stories: lawsuit over the NIH funding cuts, the state has appealed the TPR injunction ruling, PRAMS maternal mortality data collection halted

4:40- Measles is now in Indiana, and how to know if you need to inquire about a booster (from Your Local Epidemiologist)

9:02- SB 442 (the sex ed bill) passes out of House Education committee even worse than it went in

10:35- SB 2 (medicaid overhaul) passes House- how it started/how it ended

18:00- Interview with Sara Dillard, communications director for the Indiana Immunization Coalition (IIC), talks about the effects of HHS cuts on the IIC

25:05- Little things you can do this week

26:20- wrap up

Elijah Bosslet provided production and editing support on this episode.

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