Jake please read the following I have some good friends who are obstetricians outside the military and they look at a foreskin and almost see a 125 price tag on it Each one is that much money Heck if you do 10 a week that s over 1 000 a week and they don t take that much time Now read this Dr Thomas Wiswell quoted in the Boston Globe June 22 1987 As you can see the quote is referenced Here s another reference from the website Christopher J Mansfield William J Hueston Mary Rudy Neonatal circumcision associated factors and length of hospital stay Journal of Family Practice Volume 41 Number 4 Page 370 376 October 1995 Yes there is at least one link that doesn t work However there is a way o verify the information say about which states have a Medicaid subsidy for circumcision So i don t think that Circumstitions is as bad as you have painted it