Omaha, Nebraska residents can enroll in any one of the 48 affordable Medicare health plans offered. You can choose from 14 Medicare insurance carriers operating in Omaha. The companies that offer the widest variety of plans are Humana, WellCare, and UnitedHealthcare. The highest rated prescription drug only plan (Part D) in Omaha is the MedicareBlue Rx Premier (PDP) Prescription Drug plan from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, at a monthly cost of $104.70.
38% of the 48 Medicare options in Omaha cost less than $20.00 a month, and 12 plans are available at no cost to eligible applicants. If you need prescription coverage, you can select from the 18 Medicare plans that include drug coverage, or one of the 28 prescription drugs only health plans.
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, and Bright Health all offer plans at no cost to you, which is helpful to those on a fixed income. Humana has 3 plans that offer health and drug coverage and 3 drug coverage only plans, making them the carrier with the most plans available in Omaha, NE. Is Preventative Care one of your priorities? CMS has given Humana 4 out of 5 stars in the “Improving or maintaining physical health” category.
Need a doctor? Selection will not be a problem, since 512 doctors within 5 miles of the Omaha city center (zip code 68105) accept Medicare. Do you want to choose an insurance carrier with a large practitioner network? In Omaha, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has 393 doctors that accept Medicare, followed by Cigna with 386 and Aetna with 367 doctors. Finding specialist care in Omaha will be simple, since there are 126 internal medicine specialists which take Medicare, 44 doctors that specialize in anesthesiology, and 33 psychiatry & neurology specialists.