Medicare is a sort of medical insurance created by the U.S. government for older persons, in addition to those that have certain disabilities and diseases. If someone who has Medicare needs rehabilitation for instances of substance abuse, their rehab will be either covered completely by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant extent. The one exception is, the person must receive treatment from your alcohol and drugs detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be allowed to start treatment, they may also have to see their primary care physician who must state that rehab services are medically necessary, and the doctor will usually approve what sort of rehab the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover a variety of rehabilitation providers. Medicare Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility if the individual should be in a hospital for issue, and the costs which they willwill have to pay for personally are the same as every other hospital stay. Part B will partially cover outpatient rehabilitation inside a Medicare accepted facility, and the individual will have to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't pay for with supplemental insurance or they're going to have to self pay.