Medicare is a sort of health insurance designed by the U.S. government for older persons, as well as people with specific disabilities and sicknesses. If someone that has Medicare needs rehabilitation for instances of substance abuse, their treatment will either be covered fully by their Medicare insurance or to a significant degree. The one exception is, the person will need to receive treatment from the drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to start treatment, they may also have to visit their primary care physician who must declare that rehabilitation services are medically essential, and the doctor will generally approve which kind of rehabilitation the individual will take part in. Medicare Part An and Part B cover different types of treatment solutions. Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted program in the event that the individual has to be in a hospital because of their problem, along with the costs that they will have to pay for personally are identical to any other hospital stay. 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 cover with supplement insurance or they're going to have to self pay.