Silly Ne,,,Just a "dumb" post...no trauma

DDD

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It's been almost ten years since easy child/difficult child went to rehab. He was diagnosis'd as an alcoholic at thirteen or fourteen. When he was drunk last week he said "maybe I need to go to rehab?" Sadly, of course, I didn't and don't put any credance into that statement. But, just for the heck of it I looked at Fl. residential facilities and this one (very nice) program had on the Internet "often treatment is fully paid for by insurance". Hmmmmm. Yes he has BC/BS still available. Hmmmm..."maybe" I thought this group has sizable endowments??

I called. Without skipping a beat the lady said "of course it depends on what policy you have". When I told her she laughed. Then she said "they only pay $2500" and our thirty day program costs $21,000 so you would have to pay the difference up front for him to be admitted." Yeah, right. What insurance company in the world pays $ 21,000 for a month's treatment???? I doubt Bill Gates or Ruperd Murdock has such a policy. Crazy.

I just can't believe the advertisement said that. It isn't upsetting because I don't think he will ever be ready for a program anyway. How silly of me! DDD
 

DammitJanet

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Bill Gates doesnt need that insurance policy, he just pulls out his check book.

It is absurd how much these programs cost.
 

DDD

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Geez, I guess the ad triggers alot of calls and maybe a decent percentage of the people are able to mortgage their homes or whatever. It just seemed so deceptive. DDD
 

DDD

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I imagine that there is a step down program that follows the initial thirty day program. Probably that is cheaper..maybe just $18,00 for the next month. DDD
 

DDD

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That's their standard program which, of course, has a catchy name. She added in the conversation that their xxx program is "considerably more" because each client has a counselor assigned to them. Wow!
I would assume that would cost more. Didn't know any facility had that to offer. DDD
 

Star*

call 911........call 911
A million dollar a day place would only have a success rate of 1% if the client was a willing participant...ANyone claiming to have a "success rate" is full of beans.

I sent you a PM.
 
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