![]() “These are not victimless crimes,” Dave Jones, California’s insurance commissioner, said when asked about fraud in the rehab industry. That figure doesn’t include those who die on the streets after being kicked out of rehab while still addicted, or in hospitals, or at sober living homes.Ĭritics see the lack of oversight for the rehab industry – and the consequences it is having on addicts, communities and taxpayers – as a catastrophe playing out in the open. On average, somebody dies about every two weeks while being cared for in a licensed rehab center in California.That figure doesn’t include the amount spent out of pocket by addicts and their families, or money spent by all consumers in the form of higher premiums. Nationally, risky substance use and addiction – and related hospital costs, crime and lost productivity – eat up at least $468 billion a year, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.The state keeps official assessments only on paper and only in Sacramento, and detail on deaths inside rehabs is hard to come by because of privacy laws. It’s difficult to get unbiased information about rehabs. ![]()
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