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The Trump Administration wants to root out fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. Payment for non-therapeutic child circumcision qualifies as all three.
* Fraud: Circumcision is promoted with false statements regarding its alleged value.<ref>{{REFbook
|last=Adler
|first=
|init=PW
|year=2022
|title=Circumcision Is A Fraud
|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Circumcision%20Is%20A%20Fraud&i=stripbooks
|scope=
|location=
|publisher=KDP
|ISBN=979-8844459276
|accessdate=2025-12-28
}}</ref>
* Waste: Federal funds used to pay the federal portion of Medicaid third-party payments is waste because it does not treat, prevent, or cure disease.<ref name="adler2011" />
* Abuse: Payment for unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical procedures is a violation of federal law and is abusive.
[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]] published a review of the issues concerning payment for non-therapeutic circumcision for CMS in 2019,<ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Male Circumcision: A special report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services