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Does insurance cover sober living? No. Sober living is housing, not medical treatment.

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No. Sober living is housing, not medical treatment.

  • Question: Does health insurance pay for sober living?
  • Category: Sober Living
  • Phone: 469-747-1201

Health insurance doesn't cover sober living because it's classified as housing, not medical care. This is true across the entire industry.

What insurance does cover: the outpatient PHP or IOP running alongside your sober living stay. That's the clinical piece.

RD's model — $500/month housing + insurance-covered outpatient treatment — is designed around this reality.

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  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Magellan Health
  • TRICARE
  • Baylor Scott & White
  • Wellpoint
  • Friday Health Plans
  • Sendero Health Plans

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