DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa (WHP) — A new healthcare provider for Dauphin County Prison (DCP) is raising some questions and concerns, brought up at Tuesday’s commissioner’s meeting.
The contract was approved for the county to enter a three year agreement with privately owned company, Mediko, at an annual cost of over $13 million—a price that raised alarms for Commissioner George Hartwick.
“The contract costs nearly $7 million higher annually than our current arrangement. Requiring the equivalent of just over a 6% tax increase, simply to sustain…that’s unacceptable,” Hartwick said…