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===Third-party payment is not available===

At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however Manitoba HIP ended payment in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> No insurance coverage of non-therapeutic circumcision is currently available.

There is a long-standing general consensus for at least a half-century that there are no medical indications for [[circumcision]] in the newborn period.<ref name="cps1975" /> <ref name="cps1996" />

At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however Manitoba HIP ended payment in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> No insurance coverage of non-therapeutic circumcision is currently available in Manitoba,<ref name="dm2024">{{REFweb

There is a long-standing general consensus for a half-century that there are no medical indications for [[circumcision]] in the newborn period.<ref name="cps1975" /> <ref name="cps1996" /> ~~A report in 2024 indicates that~~ the Manitoba HIP ~~reinstated [[third~~-~~party~~ payment~~]] for~~ non-therapeutic circumcision in ~~the first 28 days of life~~, ~~apparently for political reasons and as a [[Financial incentive| benefit]] for physicians.~~<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://doctorsmanitoba.ca/managing-your-practice/remuneration/billing-fees/surgery/neonatal-circumcision

|url=https://~~buenafeclinic~~.~~com~~/~~circumcision~~/~~baby~~-~~infant~~-~~newborn/~~

|title=Neonatal Circumcision

|title=~~Baby & Newborn~~ Circumcision ~~at our Winnipeg Clinic~~

|publisher=Doctors Manitoba

~~|last=Buenafe~~

|date=2024-07-16

~~|first=Joy~~

|accessdate=2024-11-26

~~|init=~~

}}</ref> and this is also true throughout Canada.

~~|author-link=~~

|publisher=~~Buenafe Clinic~~

|date=

|accessdate=2024-10-06

}}</ref>

===The incidence of circumcision varies widely by region===

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 ===Third-party payment is not available===
-At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however Manitoba HIP ended payment in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> No insurance coverage of non-therapeutic circumcision is currently available.
+There is a long-standing general consensus for at least a half-century that there are no medical indications for [[circumcision]] in the newborn period.<ref name="cps1975" /> <ref name="cps1996" />
+At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however Manitoba HIP ended payment in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" /> No insurance coverage of non-therapeutic circumcision is currently available in Manitoba,<ref name="dm2024">{{REFweb
-There is a long-standing general consensus for a half-century that there are no medical indications for [[circumcision]] in the newborn period.<ref name="cps1975" /> <ref name="cps1996" />  A report in 2024 indicates that the Manitoba HIP reinstated [[third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic circumcision in the first 28 days of life, apparently for political reasons and as a [[Financial incentive| benefit]] for physicians.<ref>{{REFweb
+  |url=https://doctorsmanitoba.ca/managing-your-practice/remuneration/billing-fees/surgery/neonatal-circumcision
-  |url=https://buenafeclinic.com/circumcision/baby-infant-newborn/
+  |title=Neonatal Circumcision
-  |title=Baby & Newborn Circumcision at our Winnipeg Clinic
+  |publisher=Doctors Manitoba
- |last=Buenafe
+  |date=2024-07-16
- |first=Joy
+  |accessdate=2024-11-26
- |init=
+}}</ref> and this is also true throughout Canada.
- |author-link=
-  |publisher=Buenafe Clinic
-  |date=
-  |accessdate=2024-10-06
-}}</ref>
 ===The incidence of circumcision varies widely by region===