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I think you've mistaken some double quotes for single quotes.

The inner quotes can be single, but the outer probably should be double -- escaping doesn't even make sense in single quotes.

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You can reduce the number of ssh connections by doing more things with one ssh call. You can run entire scripts, not just single commands:
$ ssh username@host /bin/sh -s a b 3 <<"EOF"

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