JakeBrake
Full time employment: Posting here.
DW and I decided it was about time for us to get our once in a lifetime shingles shots. We are both on Medicare. Traditional Medicare does not cover shingles shots. I'm told that ALL Medicare part D plans cover shingles shots. However, we don't have Medicare part D coverage. We have My MegaCorp Medigap coverage through United Healthcare. So, I called UHC and they said shingles shots were covered 100% under my policy. Then I called my primary care doc. His office said he did not do shingles shots, but they provided a list of pharmacies that would administer the shots. We went to the nearest Kroger Pharmacy. everything was moving right along until they checked my UHC coverage. They had never heard of such a thing. We get all our prescriptions through CVS Caremark, either mail order or at the nearest CVS store. This has worked very well in the past. However, the CVS stores around here do not give shingles shots. While we were still at the Kroger Pharmacy, I called UHC again and told them that Kroger would not accept my UHC coverage. The cost at Kroger without insurance was $240 each. This time UHC said we had we had to go to either Rite Aid or Walgreens. We proceeded to the nearest Walgreens. Again, things were going well until the pharmacist asked if we had had our flu shots. We did get our flu shots two weeks ago at CVS. She said we could not get shingles shots until 4 weeks after the flu shots. Personally, I'm not sure that's correct. I can't find that in my online research. I did find that shingles shots and pneumonia shots must be separated by 4 weeks. Anyhow, only two more weeks and we can try again.