Medicare is a type of medical health insurance designed by the U.S. government for senior citizens, and also people who have specific disabilities and sicknesses. If someone that has Medicare needs rehab for cases of substance abuse, their treatment will either be covered completely by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant extent. The one catch is, the individual will need to receive treatment from the drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be permitted to begin treatment, they may also have to see their primary care physician who must declare that rehab services are medically needed, and the physician will generally approve what type of rehab the person 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 program in the event that the individual should be hospitalized for his or her issue, along with the costs that they will have to cover personally are identical to any other stay in a hospital. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient rehab inside a Medicare accepted center, and the individual will have to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't pay for with supplemental insurance coverage or they're going to have to self pay.