Medicare is a kind of medical insurance created by the federal government for older persons, along with those that have certain disabilities and sicknesses. If an individual who has Medicare needs rehabilitation for cases of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehabilitation will either be covered fully by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant degree. The only exception is, the individual will have to receive treatment from your drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to begin rehab, they will also have to visit their primary care physician who must state that rehab services are medically needed, and the doctor will generally approve what sort of rehab the individual will take part in. Medicare Part An and Part B cover a variety of rehab providers. Medicare Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program if the individual must be in a hospital for his or her problem, and also the costs which they willwill have to pay for personally are the same as any other hospital stay. Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment inside a Medicare accepted facility, and the individual will have to cover whatever Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance coverage or they will have to self pay.