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[https://www.medicaid.gov/ Medicaid] is a 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 costs are many births are borne by Medicaid. In most statesThe 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, coverage of %22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D |title=Births financed by Medicaid |last= |first= |accessdate=2020-08-05}}</ref> Medicaid pays for about 40 financed 45 percent of the nonall births in 2010.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://publichealth.gwu.edu/content/medicaid-pays-nearly-half-all-births-united-therapeutic circumcisions done states |title=Medicaid Pays For Nearly Half of All Births in the United States. |last= |first= |accessdate=2020-08-05}}</ref>
While 18 states have stopped paying for it, 32 states still pay for non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. 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