Minnesota is one of the only states in which you can practice mental health without a license, unlicensed Marcus Bachmann, husband of Michele Bachman has a Christian Centric Clinic of Marriage and Family Therapy, and receives hundreds of thousands of dollars of "Entitlements" from Government

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The Beauty of Hypocrisy :

Michele Bachmann preaches against Medicare, Social Security "Entitlements" and Subsidies, but her husband and family are big recipients of big subsidies from Government and not only for Health Related Things.

Huffington Post
Marcus Bachmann, campaign spouse
By JAMES HOHMANN & BYRON TAU
July 4, 2011


Marcus Bachmann, campaign spouse


Some excerpts :

Now the question is how much influence he will have on her presidential prospects. Already, his clinic has come under fire for taking Medicaid payments, but there are more questions surrounding the Christian-centric therapy. Among them are Marcus Bachmann’s credentials: He is not registered with any of the three boards that certify mental health practitioners and professions in the state. The Minnesota Board of Psychology and the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy confirmed to POLITICO that Bachmann is not licensed with them. And a search of the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy license database returns no result.

Trisha Stark, of the Minnesota Psychological Association, said that the title “clinical therapist” is not widely used in professional circles and that Bachmann is able to operate his clinic because of state rules regarding mental health practice.

“Minnesota is one of the only states in which you can practice mental health without a license,” Stark said.

The Bachmann and Associates office declined to comment on his professional credentials, and the campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

The licensing is precisely the kind of issue that could dog the Bachmann campaign as she moves from firebrand, little known congresswoman to scrutinized presidential candidate and Iowa front-runner. He may want to shield his wife, but his negatives provide more doubts to the candidacy of a politician already viewed skeptically by the political establishment.

In this, too, they’ll be on new ground. Unlike Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, Marcus Bachmann enters the presidential race with his wife having never been the subject of much attention or opposition research, and never really attacked himself. As a man, rather than a woman, he’s likely to face a different kind of intensity in the attack — how he and his wife respond to them will almost certainly have an impact on Bachmann’s presidential plans.

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