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Before the end of this year, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to become director of the National Institutes of Health. If confirmed, she faces a dire situation: The life expectancy of Americans has dropped to 76.4 years — the lowest in two decades and below that of all other high-income nations.