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Rep. Michele Bachmann’s husband Marcus has been collecting annual Medicaid payments over $137,000 at the mental health clinic that he heads.

Marcus Bachmann has been receiving money from patients for their treatment since 2005, according to NBC News.

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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.

As Reported By MSNBC.com:

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.

Questions about the Bachmann family’s receipt of government funds arose this week after a Los Angeles Times story reported that a family farm in which Michelle Bachmann is a partner had received nearly $260,000 in federal farm subsidies.

(MSNBC)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus.