Medicare is a type of health care insurance developed by the U.S. government for seniors, along with people with specific disabilities and illnesses. If someone that has Medicare needs rehab for cases of substance abuse, their rehab will be either covered in full by their Medicare health insurance or to a great degree. The one exception is, the person will have to acquire treatment from your drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be permitted to begin rehab, they can also get to see their primary care physician who must state that rehab services are medically essential, and the physician will usually approve what type of treatment the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover several types of rehabilitation providers. Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility in the event that the individual must be in a hospital for problem, as well as the costs which they willwill have to cover personally are the same as any other hospital stay. Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment in the Medicare accepted facility, and the individual will have to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't pay for with supplemental insurance or they're going to have to self pay.