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Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]] keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children far higher than any other industrial nation.

Cessation of third-party payment is likely to reduce the incidence of harmful [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]]. Hill (2021) estimated that the overall incidence of circumcision in Mississppi, where Medicaid has not provided third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision since ~~2000~~, is only about 20 percent.<ref>{{REFweb

Cessation of third-party payment is likely to reduce the incidence of harmful [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]]. Hill (2021) estimated that the overall incidence of circumcision in Mississppi, where Medicaid has not provided third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision since 1998, is only about 20 percent.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350799429_Circumcision_Incidence_in_Mississippi

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Circumcisions have [[Complication#47_classes_of_complications| 47 ~~cLasses~~ of complications]], which must be treated at additional expense in addition to the expense of the original [[amputation]].

Circumcisions have [[Complication#47_classes_of_complications| 47 classes of complications]], which must be treated at additional expense in addition to the expense of the original [[amputation]].<ref name="iacob2021">{{REFjournal

|last=Iacob

|first=Stanca Iris

|init=SI

|last2=Feinn

|first2=Richard S.

|init2=RS

|last3=Sardi

|first3=Lauren

|init3=L

|author3-link=Lauren Sardi

|title=Systematic review of complications arising from male circumcision

|journal=BJUI Compass

|date=2021-11-11

|pages=1–25

|doi=10.1002/bco2.123

|url=https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bco2.123

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|accessdate=2025-12-27

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Many circumcisions are unsatisfactory and require revision by a pediatric urologist. It is said that pediatric urologists spend twenty percent of their time in repairing damages caused by circumcision.

Many circumcisions are unsatisfactory and require revision by a pediatric urologist. It is said that pediatric urologists spend twenty percent of their time in repairing damages caused by [[circumcision]].

===U. S. government providers of circumcision===

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* [https://www.state.gov/pepfar/ President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief] ([[PEPFAR]]) (For every male who lives in Africa.)

==Fraud, waste, and abuse==

Third-party payment for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], by various U.S. government entities, enriches medical doctors, but causes [[pain]], [[trauma]], and ~~lasting harm~~ to patients. It is a glaring example of the <b>fraud, waste, and abuse</b> that is so endemic throughout the federal bureaucracy.

Third-party payment for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], by various U.S. government entities, enriches medical doctors, but causes [[pain]], [[trauma]], and irreversible injury to patients. It is a glaring example of the <b>fraud, waste, and abuse</b> that is so endemic throughout the federal bureaucracy.

==Third-party payment policy in English-speaking nations==

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 Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]] keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children far higher than any other industrial nation.
-Cessation of third-party payment is likely to reduce the incidence of harmful [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]]. Hill (2021) estimated that the overall incidence of circumcision in Mississppi, where Medicaid has not provided third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision since 2000, is only about 20 percent.<ref>{{REFweb
+Cessation of third-party payment is likely to reduce the incidence of harmful [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]]. Hill (2021) estimated that the overall incidence of circumcision in Mississppi, where Medicaid has not provided third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision since 1998, is only about 20 percent.<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350799429_Circumcision_Incidence_in_Mississippi
   |archived=
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 }}</ref>
-Circumcisions have [[Complication#47_classes_of_complications| 47 cLasses of complications]], which must be treated at additional expense in addition to the expense of the original [[amputation]].
+Circumcisions have [[Complication#47_classes_of_complications| 47 classes of complications]], which must be treated at additional expense in addition to the expense of the original [[amputation]].<ref name="iacob2021">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Iacob
+ |first=Stanca Iris
+ |init=SI
+ |last2=Feinn
+ |first2=Richard S.
+ |init2=RS
+ |last3=Sardi
+ |first3=Lauren
+ |init3=L
+ |author3-link=Lauren Sardi
+ |title=Systematic review of complications arising from male circumcision
+ |journal=BJUI Compass
+ |date=2021-11-11
+ |pages=1–25
+ |doi=10.1002/bco2.123
+ |url=https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bco2.123
+ |format=PDF
+ |accessdate=2025-12-27
+}}</ref>
-Many circumcisions are unsatisfactory and require revision by a pediatric urologist. It is said that pediatric urologists spend twenty percent of their time in repairing damages caused by circumcision.
+Many circumcisions are unsatisfactory and require revision by a pediatric urologist. It is said that pediatric urologists spend twenty percent of their time in repairing damages caused by [[circumcision]].
 ===U. S. government providers of circumcision===
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 * [https://www.state.gov/pepfar/ President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief] ([[PEPFAR]]) (For every male who lives in Africa.)
 ==Fraud, waste, and abuse==
-Third-party payment for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], by various U.S. government entities, enriches medical doctors, but causes [[pain]], [[trauma]], and lasting harm to patients. It is a glaring example of the <b>fraud, waste, and abuse</b> that is so endemic throughout the federal bureaucracy.
+Third-party payment for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], by various U.S. government entities, enriches medical doctors, but causes [[pain]], [[trauma]], and irreversible injury to patients. It is a glaring example of the <b>fraud, waste, and abuse</b> that is so endemic throughout the federal bureaucracy.
 ==Third-party payment policy in English-speaking nations==