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By David Shribman
Here are some numbers that you need to remember as you watch President Barack Obama and Congress wrangle over a blizzard of figures at the heart of a proposed dramatic overhaul of the way Americans receive their health care: 372-33, 77-6, 307-116 and 70-24. These numbers are vital to understanding the American political system, if not the American medical system, and anyone who overlooks them is... (Read Full Article)

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