Bachmann’s counseling clinic takes Medicaid payments
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 10:46 am
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The Christian counseling clinic started by Rep. Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus has taken in $137,000 in Medicaid payments over the last several years, despite the congresswoman’s public opposition to government involvement in health care, NBC News reported Tuesday. That’s in addition to the $30,000 in state funds that the Minnesota Independent first reported last summer.
Bachmann and Associates, Inc., the family’s clinic, uses overtly conservative Christian counseling, an issue which raised questions about the clinic possibly violating the separation of church and state with the money it receives from the Minnesota taxpayers.
“[W]e would like to think that Bachmann, as a member of Congress, knows better than to take state funds to run a sectarian organization,” said Sandhya Bathija of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State following the Minnesota Independent’s report last summer. “Catholic Charities and other groups may receive government funding, but they must keep their religious activities separate from their social services.”
NBC News reported yesterday that Bachmann’s clinic has also taken in $137,000 in Medicaid payments. Half is comprised of federal taxpayer money, and the other half is state taxpayer money. Bachmann did not respond to NBC’s requests for comment.
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Comment posted June 29, 2011 @ 11:21 am
“… did not respond to NBC’s requests for comment.”
That says so much by her having said nothing at all.
Grandma’s version of her story would be “do as I say, not as I do.”
Jeff Wilfahrt, Rosemount, MN
Comment posted June 29, 2011 @ 11:56 am
I don’t think Michelle is ready for the magnifying glass that is the bid for the presidency to be placed over her life. She will be squirming under the glare of transparancy. I hope to have a front row seat when she burns!
Comment posted June 29, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
Her husband gave money to the constitutional ban on gay marriage. I wonder if those were personal funds or pulled from the clinic. Just asking.
Comment posted June 29, 2011 @ 1:11 pm
I wonder, is any of the clinic’s income tax exempt?
Let’s not forget the roughly half a million dollars received in the form of subsidies by the farm she co-owns. Or the encouraging letters she sent to members of the Ag committee in regard to legislation that benefited her farm financially.
Michele Bachmann, she takes from the poor and gives to the conservative christian.
Praise Jebus, God hates the needy, Amen.
Comment posted June 29, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
So did her clinic take Medicaid payments to convert gay folk to straight folk? I would love to see the details of these payments. Yes John I, I don’t think she is ready for what’s to come.
Comment posted June 29, 2011 @ 1:27 pm
While taking government funds may not be illegal, it does go against everything Michele Bachmann claims to believe in. Need I say more?
Comment posted June 30, 2011 @ 9:29 am
How Fu(ked up must you be when graduating from the “Bachmann Counseling Clinic” ?? Holy Gawd!!
I am happy to see that the “SOCIAL” trough is open for the pigs that need to feed from it..
Oink !
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