No, none of the predictable failures of ObamaCare in reducing health care expenditures, in providing meaningful access to quality health care beyond simply labeling someone as insured, in improving the economic prospects of individual Americans and their families, and eventually in maintaining the excellence of U.S. health care will provide major leverage for compromise.

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Controversies in recent months over exempting birth control from health care coverage, spiced by conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh's labeling an advocate of contraception coverage a "slut, " raised the profile of women's issues in the political spotlight.

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