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The unspoken and unwritten official U.S. Government policy seems to be that it is clear every male needs a [[circumcision]], so support for free circumcision is provided without any questions being asked. This had been the policy of the military services since about 1917 when the [[United States ]] intervened in the World War. When the Congress created the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965, the existing ''every male needs a circumcision'' policy was adopted. About 45 percent of births in the [[United States]] are covered by Medicaid and in most states free coverage of infant circumcision is provided. <ref name="craigG2005">{{REFjournal |last=Craig |init=A |author-link=Amber Craig |last2=Bollinger |init2=D |author2-link=Dan Bollinger |url=https://www.academia.edu/6394931/Of_Waste_and_Want_A_Nationwide_Survey_of_Medicaid_Funding_for_Medically_Unnecessary_Non_Therapeutic_Circumcision |title=Of Waste and Want: A Nationwide Survey of Medicaid Funding for Medically Unnecessary, Non-Therapeutic Circumcision |journal=Academia |date=2007 |volume= |issue= |pages=1-14 |format=PDF |accessdate=2025-02-01}}</ref> United States Medicaid is one of the largest third-party payers for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="adler2011>{{REFjournal