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'''Financial incentive''' in the [[United States]] to perform medically-unnecessary, harmful, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is very large. Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is a multi-billion dollar industry. Morgan (1967) termed it "<i>chronic remunerative surgery</i>", since physicians are paid over and over again for performing unnecessary circumcision.<ref name="morgan1967">{{REFjournal
'''Financial incentive''' in the [[United States]] to perform medically-unnecessary, harmful, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is very large. Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is a multi-billion dollar industry. Morgan (1967) termed it "<i>chronic remunerative surgery</i>", since physicians are paid over and over again for performing harmful unnecessary circumcision.<ref name="morgan1967">{{REFjournal
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[https://www.medicaid.gov/ Medicaid] is a medical insurance program for people whose income is below the federal poverty level (FPL}. However, in most states, pregnant women are covered to a variable amount above the FPL.
[https://www.medicaid.gov/ Medicaid] is a medical insurance program for people whose income is below the federal poverty level (FPL}. However, in most states, pregnant women are covered to a variable amount above the FPL.


The medical expenses of many births are borne by Medicaid.<ref>{{REFdocument
The medical expenses of many births are borne by Medicaid.<ref name="jones2022">{{REFdocument
  |title=FOIA Request sheds new light on AAP's motivations
  |title=FOIA Request sheds new light on AAP's motivations
  |url=https://www.circumcisionharm.org/images-circharm.org/2022%20FOIA%20Report%20on%20Circumcision%20Ryan%20Jones%20CIAF.pdf
  |url=https://www.circumcisionharm.org/images-circharm.org/2022%20FOIA%20Report%20on%20Circumcision%20Ryan%20Jones%20CIAF.pdf
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  |date=2013-09-05
  |date=2013-09-05
  |accessdate=2020-08-05
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}}</ref> Circumcision is frequently included as part of the birth package of covered expenses, so third-party payment is provided.
}}</ref> Circumcision is frequently included as part of the birth package of covered expenses, so [[third-party payment]] is provided. Ryan Jones filed a freedom of information act request and learned that Medicaid paid for 6,260,830 circumcisions at a cost of $537,176,694.<ref name="jones2022" />


While 18 states have stopped paying for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], 32 states still pay for it. Doctors may be driven to promote non-therapeutic circumcision if they get a free stipend from the state. Adler (2011) has argued that such payments are contrary to law.<ref>{{REFjournal
While 18 states have stopped paying for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], 32 states still pay for it. Doctors may be driven to promote non-therapeutic circumcision if they get a free stipend from the state. Adler (2011) has argued that such payments are contrary to law.<ref>{{REFjournal
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===This should be a crime.===
===This should be a crime.===
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===Part Four: The Effects on the Male Soul and Spirit===
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision industry]]
* [[Circumcision industry]]