This Is a Test
Before following the link, read the quote that follows, and decide whether we've made it up or not. Got it? OK. Here goes:
Rep. Mark Larson, R-Cortez, attempted to amend the budget so that state money is not spent on circumcisions for children of poor people.And here's your LINK.
Larson figures that the state could have saved $273,000 next year if the state eliminated the "cosmetic surgery of circumcision" as a covered Medicaid benefit.
Opponents said the measure was unfair to the poor.
Comments on "This Is a Test"
The opponents to Larson's amendment were the greedy doctors who profit from this insane practice. The "unfair to the poor" argument was just a convenient excuse.