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Remove Ins/HMO from Addiction Treatment Planning

6 Votes
  • Start Date:
    1-9-2008
  • Last Vote:
    2-7-2008

Issue:

TREATMENT that is long enough in duration and intensity is saddly absent in many existing Addictions Treatment Programs.  There is not enough time to explore the core issues the addiction is the symptom of, therfore, the addict has no choice than to return to their known coping mechanism for the core problem, their addiction.  These duration and intensity limitations have been placed by Insurance/Health Management Organizations refusing to pay for complete treatment programs.

Belief:

Ins/HMO's have intentionally limited the ability of addiction treatment programs to provide effective treatment for addicts by limiting the amount of time within the program they will pay for.  In so doing, they have severely hampered the ability of the treatment program from effectively treating a disease and accepting a 70% relapse rate.

We also assert the belief that should Ins/HMO remove these limitations their healthcare costs incurred per addict in recovery would drop significantly due to the addicts new healthier more stable lifestyle.

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Submitted on 6-7-2008

I believe the length of time makes no difference. It's the kind of treatment that's important. Effective and consistent treatment.
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Submitted on 2-8-2008

You are right, addicts need long term treatment, Jeffrey makes a good point short-term is more costley in the long run.

Submitted on 1-9-2008

I totally agree. Focusing on short-term symptom reduction is probably more costly to everyone in the long run. Not sure how to navigate this with the whole Ins/HMO system, but getting a dialogue going is certainly a good place to start.

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