Columbus, Ohio residents can enroll in any one of the 74 affordable Medicare health plans offered. Of the 18 insurance companies that offer Medicare health plans in Columbus, Humana, Anthem BCBS, and UnitedHealthcare have the highest number of plans to choose from. The least expensive Medicare health plan that includes prescription drug coverage is the Allwell Medicare (HMO) plan from allwell. The monthly cost of this plan is $0.00.
There are 17 Medicare plans available in Columbus that have no monthly costs, and 38% of the 74 Medicare plans offered have a monthly cost of under $20.00. You can enroll in one of the 28 prescription drugs only health plans or, for a more comprehensive option, choose one of the 40 Medicare plans that include drug coverage. Shop with confidence by selecting one of the 6 Medicare health plans that have been awarded 5 stars by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Living on a fixed income will not be a problem as Aetna, Anthem BCBS, and CareSource all offer plans at no cost to you. Humana has 9 plans that offer health and drug coverage and 3 drug coverage only plans, making them the carrier with the most plans available in Columbus, OH. Can’t decide on which company to go with? You can’t go wrong with Medical Mutual as they have the highest CMS rating (5 of 5) for Plan Responsiveness and Care.
Medicare is accepted by 138 doctors within 5 miles of the Columbus city center (zip code 43226), so selecting a practitioner close to home won’t be a problem. In Columbus, Aetna is the insurance carrier with the largest network of practitioners with 87 doctors to choose from. UnitedHealthcare comes in second with 83 and Humana is third with 83 doctors that accept Medicare. Finding specialist care in Columbus will be simple, since there are 45 internal medicine specialists which take Medicare, 18 doctors that specialize in family medicine, and 12 dentists.
