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===Third-party payment is not available===
At the beginning of the 21st Century, only the Manitoba Health Insurance Plan (HIP) still paid for non-therapeutic circumcision, however that Manitoba HIP ended payment in 2006.<ref name="skeldon2008" />No insurance coverage of non-therapeutic circumcision is currently available.
===The incidence of circumcision varies widely by region===
Saskatchewan had an incidence of circumcision in 2000 and 2001 of 27.6 percent. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons said in 2002 that was much too high and should be reduced substantially. The Registrar, Dr. Dennis Kimble, said, "they [doctors] aren't required to carry out a procedure simply because parents want it done."<ref>{{REFnews