Medicare is a type of health care insurance created by the U.S. government for older persons, in addition to those that have specific disabilities and illnesses. If an individual who has Medicare needs rehabilitation for instances of drug or alcohol abuse, their rehabilitation will be either covered completely by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant extent. The only real exception is, the person will have to acquire treatment from the drugs and alcohol detox facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be allowed to start treatment, they may also have to see their physician who must declare that rehabilitation services are medically needed, and the physician will typically approve which kind of rehab the individual will do. Medicare Part An and Part B cover a variety of rehab solutions. Medicare Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted facility if the individual must be in a hospital for their issue, and also the costs that they will have to pay for personally are the same as any other stay in a hospital. Part B will partially cover outpatient rehab within a Medicare accepted center, and the individual will have to cover whatever Part B doesn't pay for with supplement insurance or they've got to self pay.