


You may need to give them your Medicare Number for billing, but there’s still no cost to you for the vaccine and its administration. If you have Medicare and have a disability or face other challenges in getting to a location away from home for a vaccination, Medicare will pay a doctor or other care provider to give you the COVID-19 vaccine in your home.COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.If your first two doses were Moderna, your third dose should also be Moderna. If your first two doses were Pfizer, your third dose should also be Pfizer. If you’re immunocompromised (like people who have had an organ transplant and are at risk for infections and other diseases), Medicare will cover an additional dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, at least 28 days after a second dose, at no cost to you.Learn more about who should get a booster shot.If you got a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and are 18 years or older, you can get a booster shot at least 2 months after you got your first shot.If you got a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and are 65 years or older (or 18 years or older and at high risk for getting severe COVID-19), you can get a booster shot at least 6 months after you complete your second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine series.You can choose which vaccine you receive for your booster - get a booster from the same COVID-19 vaccine that you originally got, or choose a different one. Medicare covers a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at no cost to you. Medicare covers the vaccine for anyone 5 and older who has Medicare due to their age, a disability, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease). Be sure to bring your Medicare card. Medicare covers the COVID-19 vaccine at no cost to you.Get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you can.
