Third-party payment in the United States: Difference between revisions

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'''Third-party payment''' is the term used to refer to payments for medical services and procedures by a third-party, usually public or private medical or health insurance company or government program.

Third-party payment for ~~non-therapeutic~~ or ~~unnecessary~~ medical procedures encourages the performance of such services, simply so the attending physician can collect a fee.

Third-party payment for unnecessary, harmful, or injurious medical procedures encourages the performance of such services, simply so the attending physician can collect a fee.

Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]] keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children higher than any other industrial nation.<ref>{{REFweb

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The excision of skin by circumcision makes painful erections more likely.

The excision of skin by circumcision makes painful erections more likely. [[Circumcised]] males may experience tight and/or painful erections when there is insufficient residual shaft [[skin]] to permit full expansion and extension of the shaft of the [[penis]] during [[erection]].

==U.S. Government policy on circumcision==

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 '''Third-party payment''' is the term used to refer to payments for medical services and procedures by a third-party, usually public or private medical or health insurance company or government program.
-Third-party payment for non-therapeutic or unnecessary medical procedures encourages the performance of such services, simply so the attending physician can collect a fee.
+Third-party payment for unnecessary, harmful, or injurious medical procedures encourages the performance of such services, simply so the attending physician can collect a fee.
 Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]] keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children higher than any other industrial nation.<ref>{{REFweb
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-The excision of skin by circumcision makes painful erections more likely.
+The excision of skin by circumcision makes painful erections more likely. [[Circumcised]] males may experience tight and/or painful erections when there is insufficient residual shaft [[skin]] to permit full expansion and extension of the shaft of the [[penis]] during [[erection]].
 ==U.S. Government policy on circumcision==