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From the article "The Soul-Destroying Search for a Family Doctor," about a woman's six-year search to find a family doctor in Canada, where the single-payer system is frequently plagued with shortages for primary care physicians. Although once you manage to find one, you are entitled to receive their medical services for "free" (and there might be some long waiting times): "When the man took my registration papers and said “congratulations, you have a family doctor,” I confess I had to hold back a few tears. I had just spent three hours of my Saturday standing in line (pictured above) with...

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - When he was 15 days old, Tristen Leamon was taken from his parents because of suspected child abuse that was never proved. Now, six years later, he is back home. Julie and Nathan Leamon have always denied hurting their baby, but the state gave Tristen to his grandmother to be raised, and his parents could see him only on supervised visits. After a battle prolonged by legal mistakes and turnover among child protection workers and attorneys, a judge decided in late August that Tristen, now 6, should live with his parents. The Tennessee Department of Children's...