Medicare is a type of health care insurance designed by the federal government for older folks, and also those that have certain disabilities and diseases. If an individual who has Medicare needs treatment for instances of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehabilitation will be either covered in full by their Medicare health insurance or to a great degree. The only exception is, the individual will need to obtain treatment from your drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to commence rehab, they will also have to see their primary care physician who must state that treatment services are medically needed, and the physician will usually approve what sort of rehabilitation the person will take part in. Medicare Part An and Part B cover a variety of rehab providers. Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted center when the individual needs to be in a hospital for their issue, along with the costs that they will have to cover personally are the same as any other hospital stay. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment within a Medicare accepted center, and the individual will have to cover whatever Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance coverage or they're going to have to self pay.