Gabriel Bosslet

Dec 14, 2022

I read the Indiana Governor’s Public Health Commission report in its entirety so you don’t have to (Part 2: Public Health is Local)

Part 2 TL;DR: In Indiana the 94 Local Health Departments determine public health services. Because they are mostly locally funded, they vary greatly in the services they provide- this can and should be remedied by the Statehouse this year — In part 1 of this series, I demonstrated how woefully underfunded public health is in Indiana and how it is within our grasp to flip the script with improved funding (without a need for tax increases).

Public Health

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Public Health

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Dec 12, 2022

I read the Indiana Governor’s Public Health Commission report in its entirety so you don’t have to (Part 1)

Part 1 TL;DR: Indiana underfunds public health despite collecting the revenue to properly invest in public health- improvements in meaningful public health outcomes will not happen without Statehouse investment in Hoosiers — In August, 2021, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order 21–21, which convened a commission to provide counsel on the state of Public Health in Indiana. The Commission issued its report on August 1, 2022. There were multiple “holy shit” moments for me as I read it. I will summarize…

Public Health

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Public Health

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Jan 30, 2021

We should stop making hospitalization an exercise in loneliness because of COVID-19

Gabe: My wife and I, both physicians, recently had a personal experience with the draconian hospital visitation policies brought about by COVID-19. It was eye-opening. I am a pulmonary and critical care physician and my wife, Sarah, is a pediatrician. As the novel coronavirus was bearing down on us last…

Covid-19

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Covid-19

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