Hoosier Health Matters
Hoosier Health Matters focuses on the pressing health policy issues in Indiana and tries to make this stuff not boring. Hosted by Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson, board members of the Good Trouble Coalition, this podcast brings together healthcare and public health stakeholders to discuss, educate, and advocate for patient-centered care, public health, and health equity. It will focus on state-level health policies, legislative updates, and expert interviews.
Hoosier Health Matters
The enshittification of the CDC and (unrelated) all you want to know about school based health centers
Hoosier Health Matters
Season 1, Episode 23
Date: 9/5/2025
Title: The enshittification of the CDC and (unrelated) all you want to know about school based health centers
In this episode of Hoosier Health Matters, hosts Gabriel Bosslet and Tracey Wilkinson discuss the continued systematic dismantling of expertise and value in the CDC, a form of enshittification (a real word). Then they talk with Dr. Meg Carlson about school-based health centers.
00:00- Intro
01:30- CDC director fired after being hired a month ago and then unsuccessfully fired and unsuccessfully asked to resign.
04:25- James O'Neill has been named as new interim CDC director. The least qualified candidate in history.
05:10- Enshittificaiton and how it applies to HHS.
06:05- Indiana Department of Health gives milquetoast answer on its approach to respiratory season guidance.
07:41- RFK, Jr. cosplays as a vitriolic scientist and requests Annals of Internal Medicine retract a study that doesn't tie aluminum to vaccine injury. They say no.
11:46- State coalitions create health alliances in the face of CDC incompetence and Florida will try to eliminate school vaccine mandates.
15:16- IDH emphasizes safe sleep in response to 10 infants dying to unsafe sleep practices
17:18- Interview with Dr. Meg Carlson, Director of Health Services for Indianapolis Public Schools, about the role of School Based Health Centers in public health.
33:54- Look at the trees as they change colors, and call your Senators to request they get rid of RFK, Jr. at HHS (phone numbers and script here)
34;46- Wrap up