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[https://www.medicaid.gov/ Medicaid] is a 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 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 costs are many births are borne by Medicaid. | The costs are many births are borne by Medicaid. The percentage of births covered by Medicaid varies by state. It ranges from a low of 20 percent in Vermont to 71 percent in New Mexico.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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}}</ref> Medicaid financed 45 percent of all births in 2010.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
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|title=Medicaid Pays For Nearly Half of All Births in the United States | |||
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While 18 states have stopped paying for it, 32 states still pay for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. 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 it, 32 states still pay for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. 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 | ||