Medicare is a sort of medical insurance developed by the U.S. government for senior citizens, and also individuals with certain disabilities and illnesses. When someone that has Medicare needs rehab for instances of substance abuse, their rehab will either be covered fully by their Medicare insurance or to a great extent. The only exception is, the individual will have to acquire treatment from your alcohol and drugs detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be allowed to start rehab, they can also get to see their primary care physician who must declare that rehab services are medically needed, and the physician will generally approve what sort of rehabilitation the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover different types of treatment services. Medicare Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program in the event that the individual needs to be hospitalized for his or her issue, as well as the costs that they will have to pay for personally are the same as every other hospital stay. Medicare Part B will partially cover outpatient rehabilitation in the Medicare accepted center, and the individual will need to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance or they've got to self pay.