http://dadonfire.net/2010/01/19/more-on-insurance-and-addiction/ On fire about the impact of addiction and need for solutions Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:30:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dadonfire.net/2010/01/19/more-on-insurance-and-addiction/#comment-584 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:34:34 +0000 http://dadonfire.net/?p=1616#comment-584 Barbara, We all know the frustration. Just yesterday, my son finally checked into a public funded detox unit (Compass Behavioral Health Service) and was turned away because of an insurance policy I maintain to buy insulin for him. The policy excludes substance SUD and most of MH. A private facility would work if he were wealthy. He could drop his insurance and have the state pay for detox, treatment and expensive co-occurring disorders as long as he remained a ward of the state, because a “pre-existing” diabetic can not re-instate or start a private insurance policy in this state. Why the state encourages him to drop his diabetes insurance can’t be good for taxpayers. A typical conundrum in the treatment and recovery world when it comes to affordability, bureaucracies, and insurance policies. As for public funded rehab; that’s another maze of frustration for him.

]]> http://dadonfire.net/2010/01/19/more-on-insurance-and-addiction/#comment-583 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:44:54 +0000 http://dadonfire.net/?p=1616#comment-583 I appreciate you keeping us informed. As I type this we are calling around to try and find an affordable rehab for someone who was told to be in a rehab by Friday or he goes back to prison. There is no such thing as an affordable rehab

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