Medicare is a form of health care insurance developed by the federal government for older folks, as well as those that have specific disabilities and diseases. When someone that has Medicare needs rehabilitation for instances of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehabilitation will either be covered fully by their Medicare insurance or to a significant extent. The one catch is, the person must receive treatment from the drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be allowed to start rehabilitation, they will also have to see their physician who must declare that rehabilitation services are medically essential, and the physician will typically approve which kind of rehabilitation the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover several types of rehabilitation services. Medicare Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility if the individual has to be hospitalized for problem, and also the costs which they willwill have to cover personally are the same as any other stay in a hospital. Part B will partially cover outpatient rehabilitation in a Medicare accepted center, and the individual will have to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't pay for with supplement insurance or they're going to have to self pay.