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Seven attorneys general trying to block the federal health care law's requirement for contraception coverage saw their lawsuit dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge who said they didn't have standing to file it.

For Gov. Rick Perry, saying "no" to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state.

Women may be the big winners in the health reform game. A new report from the Commonwealth Fund estimates that once fully implemented, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cover nearly all women, reducing the uninsured rate among women from 20 percent to 8 percent.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has issued an executive order creating a statewide health insurance exchange, following up on his promise to do so once the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal health care overhaul.

A national small business advocate argues that a proposed Democratic tax policy will kill almost 1 million jobs over the long run and would shrink the economy by 1.3 percent.

The George W. Bush Institute is launching its first book, which features experts weighing in on ways for the U.S. to jumpstart the economy toward 4 percent gross domestic product growth.