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A big fall from the cracks in a Diversion Program that gets high marks. Jim hoffer is here with that part of our coverage. Jim . Reporter thats right. The states drug court deversion is affected. In the scrutiny of the program following the shooting death of an nypd officer we are finding out there can be problems here. We have learned that its not the kind of program for violent offenders. Now we are finding out there can be delays to treatment and daily monitoring for lack of rehab beds. Tyron...

40s and 50s, wilmington is 48 degree, 51 in northeast philadelphia. And mount holly. A cool start, a sunny day. And the temperatures will be climbing though we wont reach the low 70s like yesterday. 50 at 6 00, 9 00, a little bit cooler and then the sunshine to warm us back in the middle 50s by lunch time. The temperatures will be climbing. Go through the forecast, neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington has a look at your friday morning commute. Were in borde...

40caliber gun clip in the water but still searched for the murder weapon. Authorities are searching for reasons how a career criminal could be let out of jail again and again. There are some people that have to be in prison. And we need to work harden to ensure that they get to prison and more importantly that they stay there. Reporter now, a spokesman for the criminal court system actually says that howard was in his words a perfect candidate for that drug program that commissioner bratton was ...

One prescription. That means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. Last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12. 2 to nearly 300 billion dollars. Thats five times what prices jumped in 2013. Later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. Expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. It is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. The wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increa...

One prescription. That means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. Last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12. 2 to nearly 300 billion dollars. Thats five times what prices jumped in 2013. Later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. Expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. It is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. The wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including old medicines, it showed increa...

50 of all adults takes at least one prescription. That means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. Last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12. 2 to nearly 300 billion dollars. Thats five times what prices jumped in 2013. Later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. Expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. It is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. The wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including...

Spent so much on Holiday Gifts and shopping, Identity Theft naturally makes us think of credit card numbers and bogus charges, but there has been a surprising turn of criminals using your name for medical theft. Lisa fletcher investigates what that means and how it is frustrating to fix once someone has stolen your identity for your medical care. Reporter this woman, a mother of four, lives just outside salt lake city. This was the one that was stolen . P yes. Reporter in 206 her drivers licence...

50 of all adults takes at least one prescription. That means more of us are feeling the effects of rising prices. Last year overall spending on prescription drugs jumped 12. 2 to nearly 300 billion dollars. Thats five times what prices jumped in 2013. Later in the show we will talk about one reason for that spike. Expensive new speciality drugs to treat hepatitis c. It is not just new drugs fuelling the jump in spending. The wall street journal analysed prices for top 30 selling drugs, including...

Charges, but there has been a surprising turn of criminals using your name for medical theft. Lisa fletcher investigates what that means and how it is frustrating to fix once someone has stolen your identity for your medical care. Reporter this woman, a mother of four, lives just outside salt lake city. This was the one that was stolen . P yes. Reporter in 206 her drivers licence was stolen from her car. For her and her family it was the beginning of an ordeal which continues to this day. A coup...

Spent so much on Holiday Gifts and shopping, Identity Theft makes us think of credit card numbers and bogus charges. There has been a turn by criminals making use of your good name to commit medical Identity Theft. Lisa fletcher investigates what that means and why it is so frustrating to try to fix when someone has stolen your identity for their medical care. This mother of four lives just outside salt lake city. This was the one that was stolen . Yes in 2006 her drivers licence was stolen from...