Is medicare paying for the new shingles vaccine?

Beginning in January, they will be paying for the Zostavax (shingles) vaccine. It will be treated as a prescription drug and beneficiaries need to check with their current prescription drug plan provider to see how much the vaccine will cost on their plan or if it will even be covered.

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I additionally had the shingles at present. and that i've got medicare area D. My understanding is that NO coverage on the instant will pay for the vaccine, because of the fact it would not end a majority of human beings from getting shingles. It decreases your probabilities of having shingles, and it decreases the severity of the indicators. AARP has suggested that seniors get the vaccine besides.