I finally decided to go ahead and get the Shingles vaccine

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10. Check now. If you are a Medicare drug plan or M Advantage, they've change the rules and cover it

in 2023.

"Medicare’s Part A and Part B don’t cover shingles vaccinations, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone age 50 and older get the vaccine. Medicare Part B covers some other vaccines as free preventive care, such as flu and pneumonia vaccines.

"A prescription drug plan, such as Medicare Part D bought as an add-on to original Medicare or that is part of a Medicare Advantage plan that provides drug coverage, will pay for the shingles vaccine. These private plans must cover all commercially available vaccines needed to prevent illness, except for those that Part B covers. . . . . . "

https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-qa-tool/does-medicare-cover-shingles-shot/