Medicare is a type of health care insurance created by the U.S. government for seniors, and also people who have specific disabilities and diseases. If an individual that has Medicare needs rehabilitation for instances of substance abuse, their rehab will either be covered entirely by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant degree. The one exception is, the person will have to acquire treatment from your drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be allowed to begin rehabilitation, they will also have to see their primary care physician who must declare that rehabilitation services are medically essential, and the physician will typically approve which kind of rehab the person will take part in. Medicare Part An and Part B cover a variety of rehabilitation services. Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program in the event that the individual must be in a hospital for problem, along with the costs that they will have to cover personally are identical to every other hospital stay. Medicare Part B will partially cover outpatient rehab inside a Medicare accepted program, and the individual will need to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't cover with supplement insurance coverage or they've got to self pay.