Drug rehabilitation may be an expensive endeavor, due to intense care that alcohol and drug addicted men and women require to become fully rehabilitated. It is usually almost impossible to cover an alcohol and drug treatment facility with personal funds. However, if an individual has private health insurance, they may be able to receive many different types of rehabilitation at very little cost to them. You are able to work with your health insurance company and a professional drug treatment professional at your drug and alcohol treatment program of choice to find out what is covered through your private health insurance program. Sometimes, there could be very little covered unless the insurer speaks with the treatment provider. In that case, health insurance companies can often be convinced to cover a broader selection of treatment options along with a longer stay in treatment if this is deemed required by rehab experts. So people should not be discouraged should they first believe the drug rehab option of choice isn't likely to be covered, as many private health insurance companies will liaise with the individual as well as the drug treatment facility to ensure that all the financial aid is offered to help get the individual started in rehab and on the road to recovery.