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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). <ref>{{REFweb |quote= |url=http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/ |title=Male circumcision for HIV prevention |last= |first= |publisher=World Health Organization |work= |date=2007 |accessdate=2020-04-16}}</ref> 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 BueckBuerk, 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.
* 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]].
The task force also included representatives from other pro-circumcision organizations.:
* Charles LeBaron, MD, representing the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], where [[Bias| biased]] doctors had been working to produce a pro-circumcision policy since 2008.
* Sabrina Craigo, MD, representing the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, whose fellows make extra money by performing non-therapeutic circumcisions on newborn baby boys.
* Lesley Atwood, MD, representing the [[American Academy of Family Physicians]]. whose fellows also make extra money by performing non-theraputic circumcision.
====Discussion====