Medicare is a form of health insurance created by the U.S. government for older persons, along with people with certain disabilities and sicknesses. If an individual that has Medicare needs rehab for instances of substance abuse, their rehabilitation will either be covered fully by their Medicare health insurance or to a great degree. The only real exception is, the person will need to obtain treatment from your drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be permitted to commence rehab, they can also get to see their primary care physician who must state that rehab services are medically needed, and the physician will generally approve what sort of rehabilitation the person will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover several types of rehabilitation services. Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility in the event that the individual has to be hospitalized for their problem, and the costs that they will have to pay for personally are identical to any other hospital stay. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient rehab within a Medicare accepted center, and the individual will need to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't pay for with supplement insurance coverage or they'll have to self pay.