Medicare is a type of medical health insurance developed by the government for senior citizens, and also individuals with specific disabilities and illnesses. If an individual that has Medicare needs rehab for instances of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehabilitation will be either covered entirely by their Medicare health insurance or to a great extent. The one catch is, the individual must obtain treatment from your drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to start rehab, they can also get to visit their primary care physician who must state that rehab services are medically needed, and the doctor will typically approve which kind of rehab the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover different types of rehabilitation providers. Medicare Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program when the individual needs to be hospitalized because of their issue, and the costs that they will have to pay for personally are identical to every other stay in a hospital. Medicare Part B will partially cover outpatient rehab inside a Medicare accepted program, and the individual will need to cover whatever Part B doesn't pay for with supplemental insurance coverage or they'll have to self pay.