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The collapse of the Senate health care bill is good news. But I’d suggest that everyone remember March 23, when the House bill also seemed to collapse. Six weeks later, after only minor changes, the House passed a version of the same bill. Don’t assume the Senate bill is dead.

For more on health care, you can read pieces from the Editorial Board and Frank Bruni, as well as an op-ed on Medicaid and drug abuse. Now onto the bulk of today’s newsletter:

Marriage before children is no longer the norm in the United States.

More than half — 55 percent — of parents between the ages of 28 and 34 were not married when they had their first child, according to a new analysis of federal data. Some of these millennial parents later married, while others remain unmarried.

Either way, it’s a stark change from the past. The question that inspires heated debate is whether this trend is a problem.