Medicare is a type of health insurance designed by the government for seniors, and also those that have specific disabilities and illnesses. If an individual 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 only catch is, the person will need to obtain treatment from the drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be permitted to start rehab, they can also get to see their primary care physician who must state that treatment services are medically necessary, and the doctor will typically approve which kind of rehab the person will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover different types of rehab services. Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program in the event that the individual should be in a hospital because of their issue, and the costs which they willwill have to cover personally are the same as every other stay in a hospital. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment in a Medicare accepted program, and the individual will need to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't pay for with supplemental insurance coverage or they're going to have to self pay.