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Medicare Savings Programs in Ohio

Ohio calls its Medicare Savings Programs the Medicare Premium Assistance Program (MPAP). It can pay your Medicare premiums, and with QMB also your deductibles, coinsurance and copays.

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From the Ohio Department of Medicaid
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Ohio uses the federal income and savings limits, and you can apply online at benefits.ohio.gov, by phone, or through your county Job and Family Services office, with no face-to-face interview needed.

How to apply in Ohio

In person
At your county Job and Family Services office.
By mail
Sign and date the application and mail, fax or drop it off at your county Job and Family Services office.

Applying is free. Nobody should charge you to apply.

Apply on the official site

Who may qualify in Ohio

Who may qualify for Medicare Premium Assistance Program (MPAP)
2026 figuresOne personMarried couple
QMB income limit$1,330 a month (after the first $20 of income is set aside)$1,804 a month (after the first $20 of income is set aside)

Source: Ohio Department of Medicaid (source 2)

SLMB income limit$1,596 a month (after the first $20 of income is set aside)$2,164 a month (after the first $20 of income is set aside)

Source: Ohio Department of Medicaid (source 2)

QI-1 income limit$1,796 a month (after the first $20 of income is set aside)$2,435 a month (after the first $20 of income is set aside)

Source: Ohio Department of Medicaid (source 2)

Savings limit$9,950$14,910

Source: Medicare.gov (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) (source 5)

What you may get

What Medicare Premium Assistance Program (MPAP) pays
What QMB paysYour Part A premium (if you don't get Part A free), plus your Part B premium, deductibles, coinsurance and copays
What SLMB paysYour Part B premium only
What QI-1 paysYour Part B premium

Source: Medicare.gov (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) (source 5)

Good to know

  • Ohio's chart lists the poverty-level amounts. The first $20 of monthly income isn't counted, so the $1,330 QMB limit lines up with the federal $1,350 (and the same for the other limits).
  • Ohio's rule sets the savings limit at the federal amount, adjusted each year. Ohio's own pages don't print the dollar figure, so the 2026 federal figure is shown.
  • No face-to-face interview is needed, and someone you name can apply for you.

Sources: State of Ohio (source 3), Ohio Department of Medicaid (source 1)

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Sources

  1. Ohio Department of Medicaid, Medicare Premium Assistance Program (MPAP) (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. Ohio Department of Medicaid, Ohio Medicaid 2026 Monthly Financial Eligibility: Aged, Blind, or Disabled Individuals (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  3. State of Ohio, Ohio Administrative Code 5160:1-3-02.1: Medicare premium assistance programs (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  4. Ohio Department of Medicaid, How to Apply (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  5. Medicare.gov (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services), Medicare Savings Programs (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.

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