DEFUNDING CIRCUMCISION: Where Medicaid doesn't pay, parents ask why do it, leading to better informed consent (and a decline in the procedure)

Why has the circumcision rate fallen to <33%? Amber Craig explains that parents often feel coerced by hospitals and doctors eager to collect Medicaid funds for the procedure. I would add they are bribed by Medicaid funding. Who can refuse a free service purporting to "help" one's child? Morevoer, where Medicaid doesn't pay, parents ask why more often. When a genuine conversation on the procedure ensues, parents more often than not opt to keep their baby boys intact.