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Re: Shingles...ping JoFirey

Jofirey <jofi...@sbcglobal.net>

"ANN M" <ann1...@webtv.net> wrote in message

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> yep, that makes sense to me.  I'm still waiting to see how much
> the
> injection will cost.  Doctor says its covered, but cust. service
> at
> insurance gave me two different prices.

> Ann

Its crazy.  Its covered by Medicare part D, but how much they pay is
affected by your other expenses for the year.  If you have Medicare
and something else it gets even more complicated.

They are giving the shots at a lot of pharmacies in Sacramento.
Don't know how they deal with insurance.

But everyone I know that has ever had shingles would happily have
paid the entire cost out of pocket to avoid what they've been
through.

Jo