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Bollinger estimated the total cost of [[circumcision]] in 2012 for Americans, when all costs are included, to be $3.6 billion annually.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6442587/High_Cost_of_Circumcision_3.6_Billion_Annually | |||
|title=High Cost of Circumcision: $3.6 Billion Annually | |||
|last=Bollinger | |||
|first=Dan | |||
|author-link=Dan Bollinger | |||
|publisher=Academia | |||
|website=https://www.academia.edu | |||
|date=2012 | |||
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|quote=As the saying goes, follow the money. Now you know why neither the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]], American Medical Association, [[American Academy of Family Physicians]], or the [[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists]] haven’t condemned this unnecessary surgery, and why their physician members are quick to recommend the procedure to expectant parents. | |||
}}</ref> He has since updated his estimate of total annual cost in 2020 to be $5,685,000,000 or nearly six billion dollars per year.<ref>{{REFbook | |||
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|title=Skin in the Game | |||
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|publisher=Intact America | |||
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There also are additional non-financial costs, which include sexual and sensory losses that adversely impact on the sexual experience in adult life, and psychological losses such as [[PTSD]], and grieving of losses. | There also are additional non-financial costs, which include sexual and sensory losses that adversely impact on the sexual experience in adult life, and psychological losses such as [[PTSD]], and grieving of losses. | ||
==Video== | ==Video== | ||
===Is circumcision healthy?=== | ===Is circumcision healthy?=== | ||