shingles
noun
shin·gles
ˈshiŋ-gəlz 
plural in form but singular in construction
: an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves that is associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and is caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chicken pox
called also herpes zoster, zoster
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Anyone with Medicare drug coverage will get free adult vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, including the shingles and tetanus-diphtheria-whooping cough vaccines.
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2022
Next year, seniors on Medicare will no longer have a copay for adult vaccinations, such as the shingles and pneumonia vaccines.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022
Previously, some adult vaccines (such as the one for shingles) required a copayment in Medicare.
—Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
While the annual flu shot can range from $50 to $95 at CVS for those without insurance, an MMR vaccine goes for $135, a shingles vaccine goes for $179, and meningitis vaccines are a little over $200.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2022
Medicare didn’t cover some basic vaccinations that private insurance does, notably the shingles vaccine.
—oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2022
The change to zero copays for vaccines mostly affects the two-shot shingles vaccine, which currently costs Medicare Part D recipients less than $50 per dose.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2022
Next year, seniors on Medicare will no longer have a copay for adult vaccinations, such as the shingles and pneumonia vaccines.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022
Previously, some adult vaccines (such as the one for shingles) required a copayment in Medicare.
—Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
While the annual flu shot can range from $50 to $95 at CVS for those without insurance, an MMR vaccine goes for $135, a shingles vaccine goes for $179, and meningitis vaccines are a little over $200.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2022
Medicare didn’t cover some basic vaccinations that private insurance does, notably the shingles vaccine.
—oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2022
The change to zero copays for vaccines mostly affects the two-shot shingles vaccine, which currently costs Medicare Part D recipients less than $50 per dose.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
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shingles
noun, plural in form but singular in construction
shin·gles
ˈshiŋ-gəlz
: an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pain and caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chicken pox
called also herpes zoster, zona, zoster
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