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Matthew Loftus
Matthew Loftus is a family physician who has worked in Baltimore and East Africa. You can learn more about his work and writing at MatthewAndMaggie.org.
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Articles by Matthew Loftus
Politics & SocietyShort Take
The United States is dangerous for children. How can we help more of them live to see adulthood?
Matthew Loftus
Children in the U.S. have a 70 percent greater chance of dying before adulthood than in comparable nations. Guns, car accidents and lack of access to health care are to blame.
Mercy Sister Karen Schneider, who is a pediatrician, talks with the mother of a child in the emergency room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 2014. U.S. health care seemed stuck in the waiting room for part of the year, holding out for its future prognosis from courtroom and political decisions. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
‘The poor will always be with us’ is no excuse to cut Medicaid.
Matthew Loftus
Jesus’ words are not a commentary on state welfare.