The XX Factor

We’re Talking About: Health Care, Carly Fiorina, and the Baby Food Diet

- Starting today, insurance companies are no longer allowed to exclude children because of pre-existing health conditions, which the White House said could enable 72,000 uninsured to gain coverage. [ New York Times ]

- California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina continues her battle against senator Barbara Boxer with a new commercial that targets the Democrat with one charged word: “Arrogance.” [ Politico ]

- Mammograms don’t help women over 50 as much as has been believed, new research suggests. [ CBS News ]

- Lady Gaga and Gwyneth Paltrow are just a two celebrities who are allegedly following Tracy Anderson’s baby food diet , but is it good for you? [ Jezebel ]

- Forget the Tea Party; what about their husbands? Everybody knows some poor guy who married a woman like Christine O’Donnell or Michele Bachmann . [ Salon ]

Photograph of Carly Fiorina by Justin Sullivan for Getty Images.