Medicare is a form of health insurance designed by the government for older persons, and also people with specific disabilities and diseases. If an individual that has Medicare needs rehabilitation for instances of drug or alcohol abuse, their treatment will be either covered completely by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant degree. The one exception is, the individual will have to acquire treatment coming from a drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to begin treatment, they will also have to visit their primary care physician who must state that treatment services are medically essential, and the physician will typically approve which kind of treatment the individual will take part in. Medicare Part An and Part B cover different types of rehab services. Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility if the individual must be hospitalized for his or her problem, as well as the costs which they willwill have to pay for personally are the same as every other stay in a hospital. Medicare Part B will partially cover outpatient rehab in a Medicare accepted program, and the individual will have to cover whatever Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance coverage or they're going to have to self pay.