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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 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 medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child circumcision in the United States keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children higher than anywhere else. The only party to benefit from such third-party payments is the receiving physician, or hospital.
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. The only party to benefit from such third-party payments is the receiving physician, or hospital.


Category:Genital surgery
[[Category:Genital surgery]]
Category:Genital cutting
[[Category:Genital cutting]]
Category:Male circumcision
[[Category:Male circumcision]]
Category:Motives
[[Category:Motives]]
Category:Circumcision
[[Category:Circumcision]]