Nearly half of all prison inmates are now eligible for Medicaid, thanks to provisions in the Affordable Care Act that allow states to expand the program.

Under Obamacare, 27 states opted to expand Medicaid eligibility to include adults with incomes less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level.

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