Because of the Affordable Healthcare Act, most U.S. citizens have coverage by some form of private health insurance. As a matter of fact, a recent report determined that about 13% of Americans are without health insurance. Because of this, it is feasible for individuals who didn't have health insurance before, and were not able to go to treatment for an alcohol or drug addiction, to [[ |be able to]]] get quality treatment.
If a person in Oaks needs rehabilitation for a drug addiction, many private health insurance policies have special contracts in place with treatment centers that give them an incentive to provide certain kinds of treatment at fixed prices. In many cases, programs are more than willing to assist you and answer your questions and do what it takes to get yourself or a family member into treatment right away.
Most private health insurance policies cover a spectrum of drug and alcohol rehab services, including outpatient and inpatient detoxification, partial hospitalization, inpatient and residential rehab and outpatient rehabilitation. Some however might cover one kind of care with certain limitations, like the duration that an individual can remain in treatment. A good rule is that all plans are now required to provide an equal level of services for mental health issues as well, such as substance abuse disorders, as are provided for physical health problems. So if your plan does not have enough coverage in general, it will lack coverage in the area of treatment for substance abuse.