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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 708020" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>My husband and I spent a huge part of our retirement savings sending our daughter to a three month residential treatment program. This was before the Affordable Care Act and no insurer would cover her with her pre-existing conditions so she didn't have any insurance.</p><p></p><p>She relapsed shortly after she was released. I still don't think it was a waste of money, though. I think it was the start of her road to recovery. She subsequently got insurance through the ACA and went on a journey of residential rehabs and halfway houses. It took 5 rehabs and countless halfway houses but she finally decided that she didn't want to live like that anymore and will be celebrating her one year sober anniversary on Wednesday.</p><p></p><p>My daughter was older, though, when we she went to her first rehab. We also had to learn to let go and stop enabling her and it took two years of therapy to learn how. </p><p></p><p>So, I have mixed feelings about rehab. I don't understand how your insurance company won't pay for some period of residential care. I thought that the ACA made that mandatory for insurance companies. </p><p></p><p>You might have to contact the rehab centers and tell them what insurance you have and see if they will accept it. We found that they often waived the amount not covered by insurance. In some cases, if they didn't take that particular insurance they were able to refer us to a rehab that would.</p><p></p><p>Considering that your son is only 16, I would do anything I could to get him away from his drug using friends. I think a long term residential treatment program would be the way to go.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 708020, member: 1967"] My husband and I spent a huge part of our retirement savings sending our daughter to a three month residential treatment program. This was before the Affordable Care Act and no insurer would cover her with her pre-existing conditions so she didn't have any insurance. She relapsed shortly after she was released. I still don't think it was a waste of money, though. I think it was the start of her road to recovery. She subsequently got insurance through the ACA and went on a journey of residential rehabs and halfway houses. It took 5 rehabs and countless halfway houses but she finally decided that she didn't want to live like that anymore and will be celebrating her one year sober anniversary on Wednesday. My daughter was older, though, when we she went to her first rehab. We also had to learn to let go and stop enabling her and it took two years of therapy to learn how. So, I have mixed feelings about rehab. I don't understand how your insurance company won't pay for some period of residential care. I thought that the ACA made that mandatory for insurance companies. You might have to contact the rehab centers and tell them what insurance you have and see if they will accept it. We found that they often waived the amount not covered by insurance. In some cases, if they didn't take that particular insurance they were able to refer us to a rehab that would. Considering that your son is only 16, I would do anything I could to get him away from his drug using friends. I think a long term residential treatment program would be the way to go. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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