In BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina's open formulary benefit design, once a drug is FDA approved, we will cover it. Dual eligibles have gotten used to the open formulary under Medicaid, but some of Medicare's formularies might be closed, and we don't know what those will be.
Shingle(noun) a piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.
noun, (used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology. 1. a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, especially by reactivated virus in an older person, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves. Also called herpes zoster. Origin of shingles.