Bachmann's husband got $137,000 in Medicaid funds

[cali]

By Michael IsikoffNBC News National Investigative Correspondent

While Rep. Michele Bachmann has forcefully denounced the Medicaid program for swelling the "welfare rolls," the mental health clinic run by her husband has been collecting annual Medicaid payments totaling over $137,000 for the treatment of patients since 2005, according to new figures obtained by NBC News.

The previously unreported payments are on top of the $24,000 in federal and state funds that Bachmann & Associates, the clinic founded by Marcus Bachmann, a clinical therapist, received in recent years under a state grant to train its employees, state records show. The figures were provided to NBC News in response to a Freedom of Information request.

The clinic, based in Lake Elmo, Minn., describes itself on its website as offering "quality Christian counseling" for a large number of mental health problems ranging from "anger management" to addictions and eating disorders.

The $161,000 in payments from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to her husband's clinic appear to contradict some of Michelle Bachmann's public accounts this week when she was first asked about the extent to which her family has benefited from government aid. Contacted this afternoon, Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for Bachmann, said the congresswoman was doing campaign events and was not immediately available for comment.

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[Alameda]

1. Why am I not surprised?

[WillyT]

2. HUGE K & R !!!

:kick:

[Angry Dragon]

3. Grifter ....... I got my federal money but no one else deserves any

[Shagbark Hickory]

4. I guess I should have more confidence in her when it comes to things like 'caid and 'care.

If her husband's practice depends on it, she probably wont make cuts to those things.

Obama on the other hand... I'm pretty sure he's going to.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. SHOCKED I say! n/t

[Glimmer of Hope]

6. I wonder if all those payments were on the up and up.

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Maru Kitteh]

8. K & R

[riderinthestorm]

9. Kick back to the top. nt

[AverageJoe90]

10. Such a hypocrite, this woman is.

[rhett o rick]

11. r & k

[samsingh]

12. K & R

more effin repub sleaze

[Blue Owl]

13. Who's gonna be the big brave reporter who asks her about this stuff?

I'm sure it won't be one of those sissy bootlicking M$M stooges who help cover up Bachmann's bullshit and hypocrisy.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

14. wait a minute....

he got all this money to spew anti human, anti gay vitriol, disguised as "counseling".

[samsingh]

15. kick for an important item

that we can't drop