Shingles vaccine?!
Question: Most insurances including Medicare do not pay for Shingles vaccine.
However, that is showing up in the older population over 65 even though in their younger years they have received inoculations of small pox vaccine.
This is a serious problem, I know an individual who is 74 and had to fight off the attack of shingles. It disabled him for nearly two months.
There is no way to determine ones susceptibility to getting shingles and therein lies the problem if one should get the expensive shot or not. There is no way to tell. Most people simply take the risk.
Answers: Most insurances including Medicare do not pay for Shingles vaccine.
However, that is showing up in the older population over 65 even though in their younger years they have received inoculations of small pox vaccine.
This is a serious problem, I know an individual who is 74 and had to fight off the attack of shingles. It disabled him for nearly two months.
There is no way to determine ones susceptibility to getting shingles and therein lies the problem if one should get the expensive shot or not. There is no way to tell. Most people simply take the risk.
varicella
the same as chicken pox