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The Rising Cost
of Health Care

With double-digit increases predicted for the next decade, the cost of health care has started appearing more frequently in the news. What's fueling the cost increases?

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$1 Million Grant for
Offender Tracking

On behalf of Gov. Mark Schweiker, Community and Economic Development Secretary Sam McCullough announced a $1 million community-development grant to Penn to create an offender tracking system that will provide law enforcement with timely and accurate risk assessments of offenders after they are released from prison.

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Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 25, March 5, 2002

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
March 5, 2002
Volume 48 Number 25
www.upenn.edu/almanac/

Rising health care costs and Penn's health care benefits compared to others in Philadelphia and nationally.
The Lee Center for Criminology will create a computerized offender tracking system to help law enforcement.
Penn Police has a procedure for filing complaints against police but the UA recommends the creation of a Community Review Board.
What's in a name? The new prek-8 school wants input.
ISC Networking and Telecommunications service and rate changes go into effect July including the elimination of the Express Modem Pool.