The SAVE Act solves nothing, the EPA loses its mind, and SB 236 rises from the grave (but gets buried again)
Podcast:Hoosier Health Matters Published On: Fri Feb 20 2026 Description: Hoosier Health MattersSeason 2, Episode 7Date: 2/20/2026Title: The SAVE Act is dumb, the EPA loses its mind, and SB 236 rises from the grave (but gets buried again)00:00- Intro1:30- The SAVE Act is a dumb bill because voter fraud with current processes is very very rare, as proven by our Attorney General4:29- The Trump administration no longer thinks Greenhouse Gases can hurt humans7:48- New study shows that expanding medicaid leads to less breast cancer deaths8:54- Anti-vaccine groups targeting state-level school vaccine mandates9:47- FDA reverses decision and will review the Moderna flu mRNA vaccine (and Gabe predicts this)12:07- Judge reverses public health cuts to 4 states (and the vindictive nature of our current federal government is nauseating)14:22- SB 91 (syringe service bill) was a good bill, amended to become a bad bill, re-amended to a meh bill16:50- SB 275 (a bad bill which would allow cuts to home health rates for medicaid waivers) weakened with amendments in committee, is better but still not great18:00- SB 139 (breastfeeding jury duty bill) continues it's unanimous tear through the statehouse18:54- SB1 (a bad bill that will kick people off of medicaid and SNAP) to be voted on by the house next Tuesday (call your representative about this one)19:14- Tracey introduces the word "germane" in discussion the death of SB 236 (a good thing)22:13- things to do this week: be on alert for action alerts via email and call your rep about SB123:14- Wrap upThanks for listening!Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram