Medicare is a form of health care insurance designed by the U.S. government for older persons, along with individuals with specific disabilities and diseases. When someone who has Medicare needs treatment for instances of substance abuse, their treatment will be either covered completely by their Medicare insurance or to a great extent. The one exception is, the individual will need to acquire treatment from your drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be permitted to commence rehabilitation, they can also get to visit their doctor who must declare that rehab services are medically essential, and the doctor will usually approve which kind of rehab the person will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover various kinds of rehab providers. Medicare Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility when the individual should be hospitalized for his or her issue, and the costs which they willwill have to pay for personally are identical to every other hospital stay. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment within a 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.