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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.<ref>{{REFbook

* Fraud: Circumcision is promoted with false statements regarding its alleged value.<ref>{{REFbook

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* 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.<ref name="adler2011" />

* 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.<ref name="adler2011" /> <ref name="doc2019">{{REFdocument

* Abuse: Payment for unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedures is a violation of federal law and is abusive.

~~[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision for CMS in 2019,~~<ref>{{REFdocument

|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

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}}</ref> but it has been ignored.

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* Abuse: 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.

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 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.<ref>{{REFbook
+* <b>Fraud:</b> Circumcision is promoted with false statements regarding its alleged value.<ref>{{REFbook
   |last=Adler
   |first=
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   |accessdate=2025-12-28
   }}</ref>
-* 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.<ref name="adler2011" />
+* <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
-* Abuse: Payment for unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedures is a violation of federal law and is abusive.
-[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision for CMS in 2019,<ref>{{REFdocument
   |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
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   |date=2019-02-01
   |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.
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