Medicare is a kind of medical health insurance designed by the U.S. government for senior citizens, as well as those that have specific disabilities and illnesses. When someone that has Medicare needs rehabilitation for cases of substance abuse, their rehabilitation will be either covered fully by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant extent. The one catch is, the individual will need to acquire treatment from the drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to start rehabilitation, they may also have to visit their primary care physician who must state that treatment services are medically essential, and the physician will typically approve what type of rehab the individual will take part in. Medicare Part An and Part B cover several types of rehabilitation services. Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program when the individual has to be in a hospital for problem, and also the costs that they will have to cover personally are the same as every other stay in a hospital. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient rehabilitation in a Medicare accepted center, and the individual will need to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance or they will have to self pay.