Medicare is a sort of medical insurance designed by the federal government for older persons, as well as people with certain disabilities and illnesses. If an individual who has Medicare needs rehabilitation for cases of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehabilitation will be either covered fully by their Medicare health insurance or to a great extent. The one catch is, the person will need to acquire treatment from the drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be allowed to start rehabilitation, they may also have to visit their primary care physician who must state that treatment services are medically needed, and the doctor will typically approve what sort of treatment the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover different types of rehabilitation services. Medicare Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program when the individual needs to be hospitalized for his or her problem, and the costs which they willwill have to cover personally are the same as every other hospital stay. Medicare Part B will partially cover outpatient rehabilitation in the Medicare accepted facility, and the individual will need to cover whatever Part B doesn't pay for with supplement insurance or they've got to self pay.