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Profiles in PatronageHealth

How do health care lobby dollars match influence in Congress?

By Adam Clark Estes

In an increasingly uphill battle two key Democrat legislators have been struggling lately with the inevitable bottom line: How much is effective health care reform going to cost?

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Inside this investigation