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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 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 harmful [[amputation]] of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. | ||
Adler (2011) states Medicaid unlawfully provides [[third-party payment]] for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in states where circumcision is a benefit.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | |||
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|first=Peter W. | |first=Peter W. | ||
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[[Category:American healthcare reform]] | [[Category:American healthcare reform]] | ||
[[Category:Scandal]] | [[Category:Scandal]] | ||
[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||