Circumcision Rates Too Low Study points to 16 states where Medicaid doesn't fund procedure. By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter (SOURCES: Arleen A. Leibowitz, Ph.D., professor, public policy, University of California, Los Angeles; Robert C. Bailey, Ph.D., professor, epidemiology, University of Illinois at Chicago; January 2009, American Journal of Public Health)
TUESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Thousands of male infants aren't being circumcised each year, because their states don't cover the procedure through Medicaid, new research suggests.
"There's a good case to be made that circumcisions can protect our children," said study author Arleen A. Leibowitz, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. "If you can alleviate the cost of the procedure, then people are more likely to adopt it."
Circumcision rates have been dropping since the 1980s amid controversy about whether the procedure is necessary or desirable. More states, meanwhile, have stopped paying for the procedure through Medicaid, including 10 in this decade alone. If all states covered circumcision, the percentage of male babies who get the procedure would rise from 56 percent to 62 percent, Leibowitz estimated.
Quote: from uprize at 8:49 am on Dec. 27, 2008 circumcision is fasing out. And being uncut doesnt mean u r gunna get aids more. Its called by clean seems to me all u uncut dudes are kinda defensive. LOL med evidence is wat it is. why do u think the UN and World Health Org are circumcising all the africans? just for fun? get with it, dudes.
circumcision is fasing out. And being uncut doesnt mean u r gunna get aids more. Its called by clean
seems to me all u uncut dudes are kinda defensive. LOL med evidence is wat it is. why do u think the UN and World Health Org are circumcising all the africans? just for fun? get with it, dudes.
because they dont have hygeine and dont use condoms...
Quote: from robdude at 1:44 pm on Dec. 27, 2008 Quote: from tait at 8:34 am on Dec. 27, 2008 I hope this is a joke. you are the only joke!Must have pulled all two of your braincells together for that one.
Quote: from tait at 8:34 am on Dec. 27, 2008 I hope this is a joke. you are the only joke!
I hope this is a joke.
prolly tru but too many ppl dont use condoms so thats why universal circumcision makes sense.
Get off my tip, stop trying to cut it. x-P
Quote: from JasonHot at 5:38 am on Dec. 27, 2008 omfg, another foreskin fanatic. dude, read the med reports. circumcision cuts AIDS by 60% -- thats why the UN is cutting all the africans right now. And condoms cut AIDS by 99%.
omfg, another foreskin fanatic. dude, read the med reports. circumcision cuts AIDS by 60% -- thats why the UN is cutting all the africans right now.
And condoms cut AIDS by 99%.
Quote: from JasonHot at 1:34 pm on Dec. 27, 2008 Quote: from tait at 8:34 am on Dec. 27, 2008 I hope this is a joke. wats the joke. its a sad fact. That you believe circumcision protects you from STDs.
Quote: from tait at 8:34 am on Dec. 27, 2008 I hope this is a joke. wats the joke. its a sad fact.
wats the joke. its a sad fact.
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