Medicare is a kind of medical insurance designed by the U.S. government for older persons, as well as people who have certain disabilities and sicknesses. If someone that has Medicare needs rehabilitation for instances of substance abuse, their rehabilitation will be either covered fully by their Medicare health insurance or to a significant extent. The only real catch is, the individual must acquire treatment from your alcohol and drugs rehab facility which accepts Medicare. Before the individual will be allowed to start rehab, they can also get to see their primary care physician who must declare that rehabilitation services are medically needed, and the doctor will generally approve which kind of treatment the person will take part in. Medicare Part An and Part B cover various kinds of rehabilitation solutions. Medicare Part A covers an inpatient stay in a Medicare accepted center in the event that the individual needs to be in a hospital for their issue, and also the costs that they will have to pay for personally are identical to every other stay in a hospital. Part B will partially cover outpatient rehab inside a Medicare accepted program, and the individual will have to cover whatever Part B doesn't pay for with supplement insurance or they will have to self pay.