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Kindercare & Diabetics

In a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, Kindercare, the country's largest day-care chain has agreed to accept toddlers who are diabetic. The settlement grew out of a lawsuit against a Columbus, Ohio center that refused to accept a child whose blood sugar required monitoring, The Ohio center said it could not perform the "medical procedure." NPR's Joe Palca looks at what the ramifications of the settlement are.

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