Friday, July 9, 2010

Circumcision rates & MGM Bill

A day or two ago, I was on a website that had a discussion about circumcision rates in the states. Some of the info was surprisingly good and then there's some really bad things.

http://mgmbill.org/statistics.htm

Michigan & Ohio are numero uno on this list as having the HIGHEST circumcision rates at 85%.

Nevada has the lowest - at 12%.

Additionally, this site also explains whether or not the state still allows medicaid to fund circumcisions.

Out of all of the "red states" (those with 76-100% circ rates) only ONE does not allow circumcisions to be funded by medicaid and that is Missouri.

And of all of the "green states" (those with a 0%-25% circ rate) ALL do not accept medicaid for circumcisions. California was the first to stop in 9/1/82.

What can we do to lower these numbers?

Read the MGM Bill http://mgmbill.org/usmgmbill.htm

And take action! http://mgmbill.org/takeaction.htm

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