 TITLE: Are Health Insurance Premiums Tax-Deductible? CONTENT: What Medical Expenses Are Tax-Deductible?\n-----------------------------------------\nHealth insurance premiums aren't the only medical costs that may be tax-deductible. If you itemize deductions, you can also deduct qualified medical expenses for yourself, your spouse and your dependents. Deductible medical expenses include payments for:\n*   Medical practitioners including doctors, dentists, chiropractors, psychiatrists and psychologists\n*   Inpatient hospital care\n*   Residential nursing home care, if the person is in the nursing home primarily for medical care. If that's not the main reason the person is in a nursing home, you can only deduct the costs for medical care, not meals and lodging.\n*   Acupuncture treatments\n*   Inpatient treatment for alcohol or drug addiction\n*   Participation in a stop-smoking program and for prescription drugs to ease nicotine withdrawal\n*   Weight-loss programs for diseases diagnosed by a doctor, including obesity\n*   Prescription drugs and insulin\n*   Admission and transportation to a medical conference related to your, your spouse's or your dependent's chronic illness\n*   False teeth, reading or prescription eyeglasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, crutches and wheelchairs\n*   A service animal to assist a person with physical disabilities\n*   Transportation to medical care that qualifies as a medical expense, such as taxi, bus or train fare; ambulance costs; the out-of-pocket cost of using your personal car; and tolls or parking fees\n*   Dental treatments and preventative dental care\nThe total amount you deduct for medical expenses must be reduced by any reimbursement you receive, whether the reimbursement is paid to you or to the medical provider or facility. END