Does Medicare cover the shingles vaccine? It’s a good question to ask, especially if you’re older. Why? About 1 million cases of shingles (also known as the herpes zoster virus) are treated in the U.S. every year.1 About 1 in 3 adults will develop shingles in their lifetime. And most people who develop shingles are 50 or older. Here’s what you can do to help prevent it: The Centers for Disease Con
Going through life changes? You may be able to enrollenrollThe process by which an eligible person becomes a member of an insurance plan. Read more » in Medicare or make changes to your plan. Learn what changes qualify. You may have heard that you can sign up for health insurance only during a certain time of year. But when your child left their job recently, they signed up during a Special Enroll
Every fall, your insurance company sends you a Medicare Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) letter, and it could affect what you pay for health care next year.1 Before it lands in the recycling bin with the rest of your mail, here's what it tells you and what to do about it. What Is an ANOC? The Medicare Annual Notice of Change is a letter from your private Medicare insurance company explaining the cha
