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===Fifth policy (2012)===
====Genesis====
Several state Medicaid organizations had delisted medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic male circumcision as a covered procedure, which caused alarm at the AAP. The World Health Organization (WHO), in a very poor and misguided decision in 2007, claimed that male circumcision would reduce infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The AAP saw this as an opportunity to protect third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision.
The AAP allied itself with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to produce a new circumcision policy that would claim a medical benefit. A new task force was named with [[Susan Blank]], a doctor with pro-circumcision credentials as chairwoman. The task force was an unusually large eight member task force with an unusual constitution. It included:
* Ellen Bueck, MD, representing the board of directors of the AAP.
* [[Michael Brady]], MD, a HIV specialist with pro-circumcision views.
* Waldemar Carlo, MD, a specialist in the care of the newborn.
* [[Andrew Freedman]], a Jewish urologist from Los Angeles who circumcised his own son on the kitchen table.
* [[Douglas Diekema]], a pediatric medical ethicist.
* Lynne Maxwell, MD, a pain control specialist.
* Steven Wegner, MD, JD, a medical insurance specialist, who evidently was appointed to the task force to preserve and protect [[third-party payment]].
====Discussion====
The AAP, in association with [[ACOG]] and [[AAFP]], issued a circumcision policy statement in 2012. That statement was heavily criticized by many due to its obvious bias toward obtaining and preserving [[third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic child circumcision.<ref name="doc2013">{{REFweb