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A preschooler reaches into her cubby at a preschool center in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Journalist Claire Suddath says the U.S. child care industry is in need of an overhaul. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption

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As child care costs soar, providers are barely getting by. Is there any fix?

Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Claire Suddath explains why child care is so unaffordable in the U.S. and why attempts to provide federal funding for care keep failing in Congress.

A preschooler reaches into her cubby at a preschool center in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Journalist Claire Suddath says the U.S. child care industry is in need of an overhaul. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption

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As child care costs soar, providers are barely getting by. Is there any fix?

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From WHYY in Philadelphia