Medicare is a type of health care insurance developed by the U.S. government for older persons, as well as people with specific disabilities and illnesses. If a person who has Medicare needs treatment for instances of substance abuse, their treatment will be either covered in full by their Medicare insurance or to a significant extent. The one catch is, the person will have to acquire treatment from a drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be permitted to commence rehabilitation, they will also have to see their physician who must declare that rehabilitation services are medically needed, and the physician will typically approve what sort of rehab the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover a variety of treatment providers. Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility in the event that the individual needs to be hospitalized for problem, along with the costs that they will have to pay for personally are identical to any other hospital stay. Part B will partly cover outpatient rehab in the Medicare accepted facility, and the individual will need to cover whatever Part B doesn't pay for with supplement insurance coverage or they'll have to self pay.