Hoosier Health Matters
Season 2, Episode 18
Date: 6/26/2026
Title:  Indiana health prices go public, military flu outbreaks, and Title X on the chopping block

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9:56- RFK, Jr pissed that a shitty vaccine study has been retracted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

Editing assisstance this week by Elijah Bosslet

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