Just spoke to one of my co-workers today, an LPN who works part time for my company. Single mom to three young teens, smart enough to leave her son intact after seeing circumcision firsthand (and relax, I don't think that people who circumcise are the opposite). She can't afford insurance and is low income so her kids were eligible for Medicaid health care coverage. If anyone needs it they do - two of her children have ongoing health issues.
She told me yesterday their Medicaid was discontinued... So what the heck is she supposed to do now?!
Not only that, my low income elderly home health clients have had their benefits cut and more cuts are most likely on their way in the near future.
Sickiningly, MY state - MICHIGAN- continues to completely cover elective circumcision.
She told me yesterday their Medicaid was discontinued... So what the heck is she supposed to do now?!
Not only that, my low income elderly home health clients have had their benefits cut and more cuts are most likely on their way in the near future.
Sickiningly, MY state - MICHIGAN- continues to completely cover elective circumcision.
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I think most of the blame falls on the people who choose what's covered and what's not, but I still place partial blame on the people demanding it. When people *insist* they need to have their sons circ'ed, that means more insurances are going to cover it and more doctors are going to do it, which means more medical staff are going to assume most people want it, which leads to many parents getting coerced into doing it, more babies are going to "accidently* get put on the assembly line to have it done, and parents who don't want it done have to actually *fight* to keep their son off the cutting board.
