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  2. Phimosis - Wikipedia

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    Physiologic phimosis, common in males 10 years of age and younger, is normal, and does not require intervention. [26] [35] [27] Non-retractile foreskin usually becomes retractable during the course of puberty. [27] If phimosis in older boys or adult males is not causing acute and severe problems, nonsurgical measures may be effective.

  3. Paraphimosis - Wikipedia

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    Phimosis (both pathologic and normal childhood physiologic forms) is a risk factor for paraphimosis; [5] physiologic phimosis resolves naturally as a child matures, but it may be advisable to treat pathologic phimosis via long-term stretching or elective surgical techniques (such as preputioplasty to loosen the preputial orifice or circumcision ...

  4. Children's Health Insurance Program - Wikipedia

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    Opposition to HR 976 focused on the $35 billion increase in government health insurance as well as $6.5 billion in Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants. Originally intended to provide health care coverage to low-income children, HR 976 was criticized as a giveaway that would have benefited adults as well as non-U.S. citizens.

  5. Health insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a joint state/federal program to provide health insurance to children in families who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, yet cannot afford to buy private insurance. The statutory authority for CHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act.

  6. Dorsal slit - Wikipedia

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    Dorsal slit has a long history as a treatment for adult phimosis, [1] since compared with circumcision it was relatively easy to perform, did not risk damage to the frenulum, and before the invention of antibiotics was less likely to become infected.

  7. HealthCare.gov - Wikipedia

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    President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 23, 2010, in the East Room before a select audience of nearly 300 people. He stated that the health reform effort, designed after a long and acrimonious debate facing fierce opposition in the Congress to expand health insurance coverage, was based on "the core principle that everybody should have some basic security ...

  8. List of countries by health insurance coverage - Wikipedia

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    A list of countries by health insurance coverage. The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.

  9. Pediatrics - Wikipedia

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    However, the parents contend that genetic testing would benefit the welfare of their children since it would allow them to make better health care decisions. [39] Exome sequencing for children and the decision to grant parents the right to request them is a medically ethical issue that many still debate today.