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PARENTS $NIP CIRCUMCISION

Parents are cutting back on a lot — even circumcision.

The $300 average cost for a newborn is too high for many.

“The $300 is a luxury,” Dr. Andrew Freedman, director of pediatric urology at LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, told Newsweek. “For many, [it] is insurmountable.”

A UCLA report says rates are 24 percent lower in states where Medicaid doesn’t cover the procedure.