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.
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a virus that causes painful and concentrated skin rashes with blisters. In many cases, these blisters and rashes follow a stripe pattern. The rash occurs as a result of the varicella-zoster virus, which is also known as the chickenpox.