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Inmates benefit from 'Healthy Michigan' expansion as state saves $19 million
By mlive.com- Brian Smith
Published: 08/07/2014

LANSING -- The "Healthy Michigan" Medicaid expansion had some significant benefits for an unexpected part of Michigan's population: inmates in the state's prisons.

Approved Medicaid applications for inmates in state custody nearly quadrupled over the third quarter of the state's 2014 fiscal year, which ran from April 1 to June 30.

More than 320 inmates had their applications approved, with the largest growth coming in May and June, according to a quarterly report the department is required to submit to legislators and the state's budget director.

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