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→U.S. Government policy on circumcision
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The unspoken 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 ''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 harmful and unnecessary coverage of infant circumcisions are provided.
United States Medicaid is one of the largest third-party payers for medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="adler2011>{{REFjournal
The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] created its failed 2012 policy statement (expired in 2017) specifically to preserve and protect third party payment to medical doctors.
==Third-party payment policy in English-speaking nations==
Most English-speaking nations do ''not'' provide financial support for harmful, non-therapeutic circumcision: