Medicare is a type of medical health insurance created by the U.S. government for older persons, in addition to people with specific disabilities and sicknesses. If an individual who has Medicare needs treatment for cases of drug or alcohol abuse, their treatment will be either covered entirely by their Medicare insurance or to a significant extent. The one exception is, the person will have to obtain treatment coming from a drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to begin rehab, they may also have to see their physician who must declare that rehab services are medically needed, and the physician will usually approve what sort of rehab the person 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 center in the event that the individual has to be in a hospital because of their issue, as well as the costs which they willwill have to pay for personally are identical to any other stay in a hospital. Medicare Part B will partially cover outpatient rehab within a Medicare accepted program, and the individual will need to cover whatever Part B doesn't pay for with supplement insurance coverage or they will have to self pay.