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14. The shingles shot is covered by your drug plan

Reply to trof (Original post)

Sun Aug 14, 2016, 12:30 PM

Aug 2016

"The shingles shot isn’t covered by Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) or Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance). Generally, Medicare prescription drug plans (Part D) cover all commercially-available vaccines (like the shingles shot) needed to prevent illness. Contact your Medicare drug plan for more information about coverage."

https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/shingles-vaccine.html

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Shingles vaccine. [View all] trof Aug 2015 OP

ok ok I got it already- LiberalElite Aug 2015 #1

Get the Shingles Shot! KoKo Aug 2015 #2

You must've misread my post I got it already LiberalElite Aug 2015 #3

Sorry...thought you were posting this as a helpful post to other DU'ers... KoKo Aug 2015 #4

Hey - I'm annoyed LiberalElite Aug 2015 #5

Okay...I'm fairly cynical myself about Big Pharma KoKo Aug 2015 #6

I suspect Medicare will cover all of it SheilaT Aug 2015 #7

I didn't check this year, but last year, even with a supplement, napi21 Sep 2015 #9

So much depends on exactly what coverage you have. SheilaT Sep 2015 #10

Got it on my face when I was 50. narnian60 Sep 2015 #8

Get the shot. My father spent five days in a cardiac unit until they figured out his pain was vanlassie Sep 2015 #11

You can get the Shingles even if did not have chickenpox. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #12

No, you can only get shingles if you did have chickenpox. SheilaT Apr 2016 #13

The shingles shot is covered by your drug plan left-of-center2012 Aug 2016 #14

I've known three people who got shingles. klook Aug 2016 #15

The vaccine is not 100% effective vanamonde Oct 2016 #16

Got mine a couple of years ago Mickju Oct 2016 #17