Wayne County announced today that it has eliminated $27 million in outstanding medical debt for more than 46,000 county residents. Plus, a new national poll from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital released this week analyzed parents' views on disciplining young children, with more than a quarter of the parents surveyed admitting they'd threatened their children with no holiday gifts.

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