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Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month we interview Dr. AJ Sinha, a nephrologist at the Indianapolis VA hospital, faculty at IU School of Medicine, leader of Medicare for All Indiana …

Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month Karen Green Stone interviews her co-host Dr. Rob Stone to bring us up to date on changes in Medicaid in Indiana, the threat to …

Welcome to Prescription for Healthcare, a podcast collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All Indiana, broadcasting the second Thursday of every month as part of the Local News at 5:20 PM. This month we interview Tracey Hutchings-Goetz, Communications Director for Hoosier Action, the grassroots activist organization. Hoosier Action is working to draw attention to the risk for …

Nicholas Kappas announces his run for the 3rd District city council race; New law increases penalties for violating school bus stop-arms; Doula services to be covered by Medicaid; Unpaid text book rental fees are growing at the MCCSC. FEATURE Podcast producer Jeremy Sheer talks with WFHB correspondent Michael Glab on today’s edition of Big Talk Extra. ACTIVATE Our weekly segment …

Several other new laws take effect today. One allows doula services to be reimbursed by Medicaid. A doula is a nonmedical birth coach who provides support to the mother before during and after birth. According to research published in the Journal of Perinatal Education, doula-assisted mothers are less likely to experience complications at birth. In his 2018 state of the …

Increases in Indiana’s revenue are expected to be offset by state expenditures in the Department of Child Services and Medicaid; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s office said they’re pleased with a Texas Supreme Court Judge’s decision, on Friday; Attorney General Curtis Hill will use public funds to fight sexual battery allegations; On Friday, the Monroe Convention Center’s Steering Committee recommended …

Locutora Maria Auxi Viloria entrevista a invitada de Anthem Medical en el primero parte de el programa. En el segundo parte, ella entrevista a voluntaria en nuestra comunidad. Host Maria Auxi Viloria interviewed a guest from Anthem Medical in the first part of this week’s program. In the second part, she interviewed a community volunteer.

On Friday, U.S. Health and Human Services approved Indiana’s request to impose additional requirements on Medicaid recipients in the state. The approval makes Indiana one of only two states that require residents receiving Medicaid to have a job. Kentucky has applied for similar stipulations. Jesse Cross-Call, Senior Policy Analyst for the DC-based, non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says …

A bill before the state legislature that would’ve done away with some 300 townships across Indiana, failed in the statehouse last night; The proposal for a waste transfer station on Bloomington’s Northwest side was officially withdrawn today; The Monroe County Election Board approved creating two new polling places in its February 1st meeting; The League of Women Voters of Bloomington …

As many as 400,00 Hoosiers will not be getting new Medicaid health care coverage, despite efforts from State Senator Karen Tallian to expand the program. Her proposal was turned down and blocked on a party line vote last Monday. “We have proposed a compromise plan. It is a plan that’s been proposed by Republican states and approved by the Democratic …