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The '''Financial incentive''' to perform medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision is very large. ~~Circumcision~~, in the United States, is a multi-billion dollar industry. Profit is reaped not only from the practice of circumcision itself, and associated hospital charges, but also from the sale of harvested foreskins, the sale of products derived from harvested foreskins, the sale of circumcision specific tools and utensils, and the treatment of oomplications and botched circumcisions.

The '''Financial incentive''' to perform medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision is very large. Non-therapeutic circumcision, in the United States, is a multi-billion dollar industry. Profit is reaped not only from the practice of circumcision itself, and associated hospital charges, but also from the sale of harvested foreskins, the sale of products derived from harvested foreskins, the sale of circumcision specific tools and utensils, and the treatment of oomplications and botched circumcisions.

== The procedure itself ==

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===Medicaid===

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===Medicare===

The United States Medicare Program provides health insurance for persons who have reached the age of 65 years. It assumes that any man with a [[foreskin]] needs a [[circumcision]]. It does not require proof of medical necessity.

The [https://www.medicare.gov/ United States Medicare Program] provides health insurance for persons who have reached the age of 65 years. It assumes that any man with a [[foreskin]] needs a [[circumcision]]. It does not require proof of medical necessity.

===State and local government===

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-The '''Financial incentive''' to perform medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision is very large. Circumcision, in the United States, is a multi-billion dollar industry. Profit is reaped not only from the practice of circumcision itself, and associated hospital charges, but also from the sale of harvested foreskins, the sale of products derived from harvested foreskins, the sale of circumcision specific tools and utensils, and the treatment of oomplications and botched circumcisions.
+The '''Financial incentive''' to perform medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision is very large. Non-therapeutic circumcision, in the United States, is a multi-billion dollar industry. Profit is reaped not only from the practice of circumcision itself, and associated hospital charges, but also from the sale of harvested foreskins, the sale of products derived from harvested foreskins, the sale of circumcision specific tools and utensils, and the treatment of oomplications and botched circumcisions.
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+}}</ref> This view is not supported by current medical evidence.
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 ===Medicare===
-The United States Medicare Program provides health insurance for persons who have reached the age of 65 years. It assumes that any man with a [[foreskin]] needs a [[circumcision]]. It does not require proof of medical necessity.
+The [https://www.medicare.gov/ United States Medicare Program] provides health insurance for persons who have reached the age of 65 years. It assumes that any man with a [[foreskin]] needs a [[circumcision]]. It does not require proof of medical necessity.
 ===State and local government===