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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 5:15 PM.
This month we interview Erin Jeffries MD, a physician who has dedicated her medical practice to women’s healthcare specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in Bloomington. She’s an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Jeffries is also an active member of The Good Trouble Coalition.
From the podcast:
“Maintaining labor and delivery services in OB deserts is a huge issue. I’m afraid we will not have the funding needed to continue to remain open. And that will then overburden the places that do stay open like Bloomington, Indianapolis, the large tertiary care centers, because I believe last time I checked, Bloomington already covers 11 surrounding counties.. I mean, wait times are already long. We just don’t have the number of providers and with cuts and legislation that have passed in Indiana, we’re not able to recruit providers. And so women are driving not only an hour and a half in labor, but an hour and a half each way to their appointments every week. We often see women who have had what we call scant prenatal care or inadequate care just because they don’t have transportation to an appointment an hour and a half away every week.”
The Good Trouble Coalition was previously featured in our March 2024 interview with Dr Gabe Bosslet and our August 2024 episode with Carrie Rouse MD.
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