Medicare is a sort of health insurance designed by the U.S. government for older persons, and also those that have specific disabilities and illnesses. If a person that has Medicare needs rehab for cases of substance abuse, their rehabilitation will either be covered fully by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant degree. The only real catch is, the individual must obtain treatment from an alcohol and drugs rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be allowed to begin treatment, they may also have to see their primary care physician who must state that rehabilitation services are medically essential, and the physician will typically approve which kind of rehabilitation the person will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover several types of rehab services. Medicare Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted center when the individual must be hospitalized for their problem, and the costs which they willwill have to cover personally are the same as any other stay in a hospital. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment in the Medicare accepted facility, and the individual will need to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance or they're going to have to self pay.