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In Conversation: America’s child-care system is broken. Can we fix it?

In Conversation: America’s child-care system is broken. Can we fix it?

Apple News Today
Dec 4, 2021 20 min
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<p>The pandemic exposed something every working parent in the U.S. already knew: This country&rsquo;s child-care system is broken. Even after more than $50 billion in COVID-relief funding, the industry is still in crisis. <a class="" href="https://apple.news/AMJ0Ob3Y2SAyAR4rbSVwNFg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><em class="">Bloomberg Businessweek</em></a> reporter Claire Suddath talks with <em class="">Apple News Today</em> host Duarte Geraldino about the fundamental issues that exist in the U.S. child-care system today, some possible fixes, and how we got here.</p>

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