Absolutely,

Between your premiums (all premiums...health, dental, vision, long term care), your deductibles, mileage roundtrip (get a calendar and chart all doctor/health facility visits..last year was 19 cents a mile), drugs, and any non-covered medical expenses, you can rack up a bunch in a year and a percentage of that is deductible. I will let the tax experts explain that percentage in case it has changed but for me last year it was anything above 7.5% of our adjusted gross income.

Bill is retired on Medicare. I am employed part time with no health benefits and under 65 so I have to pay for private health insurance. Even this past year with relatively few doctor visits, our total medical expenses were over $12,000 and we were able to deduct $7500 of that.

So, it is now well worth my time to gather all this info for tax purposes.

Deb