Medicare is a form of health insurance created by the U.S. government for senior citizens, in addition to people who have specific disabilities and illnesses. When someone who has Medicare needs rehabilitation for cases of substance abuse, their rehab will either be covered in full by their Medicare health insurance or to a great degree. The one exception is, the individual must receive treatment from your alcohol and drugs rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be allowed to begin rehabilitation, they may also have to see their physician who must state that rehabilitation services are medically needed, and the physician will generally approve which kind of rehab the person will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover various kinds of treatment providers. Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program in the event that the individual has to be hospitalized for his or her issue, and also the costs that they will have to cover personally are the same as every other hospital stay. Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment within a Medicare accepted facility, and the individual will have to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance or they're going to have to self pay.