Medicare is a type of health care insurance developed by the U.S. government for senior citizens, as well as people with specific disabilities and sicknesses. When someone that has Medicare needs treatment for instances of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehabilitation will either be covered fully by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant extent. The only real exception is, the individual will need to obtain treatment from the alcohol and drugs detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the person will be permitted to begin treatment, they may also have to visit their medical doctor who must declare that rehabilitation services are medically essential, and the doctor will generally approve which kind of treatment the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover different types of rehabilitation solutions. Medicare Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted center if the individual has to be in a hospital because of their problem, and the costs that they will have to cover personally are the same as every other hospital stay. Medicare Part B will partly cover outpatient rehab within a Medicare accepted center, and the individual will need to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't cover with supplement insurance or they'll have to self pay.