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==Circumcision issues== | ==Circumcision issues== | ||
Circumcision is the surgical [[amputation]] of the normal part of the [[penis]], alternatively designated as the "[[foreskin]]" or "prepuce". | |||
The CMS by federal law must pay only for medically-necessary services. There are no medical indications for [[circumcision of the newborn]], which is a 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 a harmful amputation of useful, protective, functional, erogenous tissue. | ||
The CMS unlawfully provides [[third-party payment]] for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in most states.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | The CMS unlawfully provides [[third-party payment]] for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] in most states.<ref name="adler2011">{{REFjournal | ||