Deductible Medical Expenses

Abortion (legal) Acupuncture Adopted child, medical expenses of Alcoholism, treatment of Ambulance Animals (guide animals, seeing-eye dogs, hearing aid animals, etc.) Autoette (three-wheeled vehicle for the disabled) Birth control pills Breast reconstructive surgery following mastectomy for cancer treatment Capital improvements to home prescribed for medical reasons (only excess of cost over increase in home's value) Car with handicap controls or equipped to accommodat passengers in wheelchairs (to the extent of the cost of special controls and equipment) Childbirth preparation classes (mother) Chiropractors Christian Science treatment Contact lenses, saline solution, enzyme cleaner Contraceptives, prescriptive Cosmetic surgery (only for procedures that correct a congenital defect, personal injury, or a disfiguring disease) Crutches Dental Fees Dentures Diabetic supplies Diagnostic fees Diapers (disposable), used because of severe neurological disease Doctors Domestic aid (type that would be rendered by a nurse)

Drug addiction, treatment for Drugs, prescription (including alleviation of nicotine withdrawal) Dyslexia, language training Egg donor costs, including legal fees, hospital, transportation Eye examination Fluoride device (on advice of dentist) Glasses Health club dues (prescribed by physician for a medical condition) Health maintenance organization Hearing aid Hospital care, in-patient In vitro fertilization Insulin Insurance premiums (medical - except coverage of unnecessary cosmetic surgery) Iron lung Laboratory fees Laetrile (legal use) Laser eye surgery to correct vision Lead paint, removal of Hospital services Limbs, artificial Lodging (limits apply) Long-term care services for the chronically ill Nursing home (medical reasons) Nursing services Obstetrical expenses Operations (legal - except unnecessary cosmetic surgery)

Optometrists Orthodontia Orthopedic shoes (excess cost) Osteopaths Oxygen equipment for breathing difficulty Physical examination Prosthesis Psychiatric care Psychologists Psychotherapists Radial keratotomy (corrective eye surgery) Reclining chair (cardiac patient) Remedial reading Retirement home, lifetime medical care Sanitarium rest home, cost of if for medical, educational, or rehabilitative reasons Schools to alleviate medical condition Sexual dysfunction, treatment of Smoking-cessation programs Sterilization operation (legal) Teeth, articifical Telephone, specially equipped for the deaf Television closed caption decoder for the deaf Transplant, donor's expenses Transportation, essentially and primarily for medical care Vasectomy (legal) and reversal Visual alert system for the hearing impaired Weight reduction program to treat obesity or a specific problem directly associated to excessive weight Wheelchair X-ray

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