Medicare is a form of health insurance designed by the government for senior citizens, and also those that have certain disabilities and diseases. If an individual that has Medicare needs rehab for cases of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehab will be either covered entirely by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant extent. The one exception is, the person will need to acquire treatment from a drug rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be permitted to begin rehabilitation, they may also have to visit their primary care physician who must state that rehab services are medically needed, and the doctor will typically approve what type of treatment the person will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover a variety of rehab services. Medicare Part A pays for an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted center if the individual should be hospitalized for their problem, and also the costs which they willwill have to cover personally are identical to every other hospital stay. Part B will partly cover outpatient treatment in a Medicare accepted program, and the individual will have to cover whatever Medicare Part B doesn't cover with supplemental insurance coverage or they're going to have to self pay.