Alcohol and drug rehab may be an expensive endeavor, due to intense care that addicted individuals will require in order to be fully rehabilitated. It is usually extremely hard to pay for a drug rehabilitation center with cash at hand. However, when someone has private health insurance, they may be able to receive many different types of rehab at little or no cost to them. You can work with your health insurance company and a professional drug rehab professional at your alcohol and drug rehabilitation center of preference to discover what will be included through your private health insurance program. Sometimes, there may be very little covered unless the insurer consults with the rehabilitation provider. In that case, health insurance companies are frequently convinced to cover a broader range of treatment options plus a longer stay in rehabilitation if this is considered needed by rehabilitation experts. So people should not be discouraged should they first believe the drug rehabilitation option of choice isn't likely to be covered, as many private health insurance companies will liaise with the individual and the drug treatment program to ensure the maximum amount of financial aid is given to get the individual started in rehabilitation and on their way to recovery.