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The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]], which is a harmful amputation of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. | The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]], which is a harmful amputation of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. | ||
| − | The CMS unlawfully provides third-party payment for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in most states.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | + | The CMS unlawfully provides [[third-party payment]] for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in most states.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal |
|last=Adler | |last=Adler | ||
|first=Peter W. | |first=Peter W. | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
| − | + | The Trump Administration wants to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. Payment for non-therapeutic child circumcision qualifies as all three. | |
| + | * <b>Fraud:</b> Circumcision is promoted with false statements regarding its alleged value.<ref>{{REFbook | ||
| + | |last=Adler | ||
| + | |first= | ||
| + | |init=PW | ||
| + | |year=2022 | ||
| + | |title=Circumcision Is A Fraud | ||
| + | |url=https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Circumcision%20Is%20A%20Fraud&i=stripbooks | ||
| + | |scope= | ||
| + | |location= | ||
| + | |publisher=KDP | ||
| + | |ISBN=979-8844459276 | ||
| + | |accessdate=2025-12-28 | ||
| + | }}</ref> | ||
| + | * <b>Waste:</b> Federal funds used to pay the federal portion of Medicaid third-party payments is waste because it does not treat, prevent, or cure disease.<ref name="adler2011" /> <ref name="doc2019">{{REFdocument | ||
|title=Male Circumcision: A special report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | |title=Male Circumcision: A special report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | ||
|url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/w/images/Male_Circumcision_DOC_2019-02-01.pdf | |url=https://pool.intactiwiki.org/w/images/Male_Circumcision_DOC_2019-02-01.pdf | ||
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|date=2019-02-01 | |date=2019-02-01 | ||
|accessdate=2025-12-08 | |accessdate=2025-12-08 | ||
| − | }}</ref> but it has been ignored. | + | }}</ref> |
| + | * <b>Abuse:</b> Payment for unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedures is a violation of federal law and is abusive.<ref name="adler2011" /> | ||
| + | [[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision for CMS in 2019,<ref name="doc2019" /> but it has been ignored. | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
Latest revision as of 14:20, 28 December 2025
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the U. S. government agency that administers Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS is directed by Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Öz. The CMS is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services, which is headed by Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
Circumcision issues
The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for circumcision of the newborn, which is a harmful amputation of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. The CMS unlawfully provides third-party payment for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision in most states.[1]
The Trump Administration wants to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. Payment for non-therapeutic child circumcision qualifies as all three.
- Fraud: Circumcision is promoted with false statements regarding its alleged value.[2]
- Waste: Federal funds used to pay the federal portion of Medicaid third-party payments is waste because it does not treat, prevent, or cure disease.[1] [3]
- Abuse: Payment for unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedures is a violation of federal law and is abusive.[1]
Doctors Opposing Circumcision published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision for CMS in 2019,[3] but it has been ignored.
See also
External links
Official website. Retrieved 8 December 2025
References
- ↑ a b c
Adler PW. Is it lawful to use Medicaid to pay for circumcision? 
. Journal of Law and Medicine. 2011; 19: 335-353. PMID. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ↑
Adler PW (2022): Circumcision Is A Fraud. KDP. ISBN 979-8844459276. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ a b
Anonymous: Male Circumcision: A special report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , Doctors Opposing Circumcision. (1 February 2019). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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