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'''Financial incentive''' in the [[United States]] to perform medically-unnecessary, harmful, non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is very large. Non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] is a multi-billion dollar industry. Morgan (1967) termed it "<i>chronic remunerative surgery</i>", since physicians are paid over and over again for performing harmful unnecessary circumcision.<ref name="morgan1967">{{REFjournal
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[https://www.medicaid.gov/ Medicaid] is a medical insurance program for people whose income is below the federal poverty level (FPL}. However, in most states, pregnant women are covered to a variable amount above the FPL.
The medical expenses of many births are borne by Medicaid. <ref name="jones2022">{{REFdocument |title=FOIA Request sheds new light on AAP's motivations |url=https://www.circumcisionharm.org/images-circharm.org/2022%20FOIA%20Report%20on%20Circumcision%20Ryan%20Jones%20CIAF.pdf |contribution= |last=Jones |first=Ryan |publisher=Circumcision is a Fraud |format=PDF |date=2022-02 |accessdate=2025-05-24}}</ref> The percentage of births covered by Medicaid varies by state. It ranges from a low of 20 percent in Vermont to 71 percent in New Mexico.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/births-financed-by-medicaid/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D
|title=Births financed by Medicaid
|date=2013-09-05
|accessdate=2020-08-05
}}</ref> Circumcision is frequently included as part of the birth package of covered expenses, so [[third-party payment ]] is provided.Ryan Jones filed a freedom of information act request and learned that Medicaid paid for 6,260,830 circumcisions at a cost of $537,176,694.<ref name="jones2022" />
While 18 states have stopped paying for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]], 32 states still pay for it. Doctors may be driven to promote non-therapeutic circumcision if they get a free stipend from the state. Adler (2011) has argued that such payments are contrary to law.<ref>{{REFjournal
==Total annual costs of American circumcision==
Bollinger (2012) estimated that the total annual cost of non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] to Americans is $3,647,000,000.<ref name="bollinger2012"/>He has since updated his estimate of total annual cost in 2020 to be $5,685,000,000 or nearly six billion dollars per year.==Video=====This should be a crime.===<youtube>v=ob4OADNIidc</youtube>===Part Four: The Effects on the Male Soul and Spirit===<youtube>?v=Fo9zBKUNVH0</youtube>
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* [[Circumcision industry]]