You may be able to claim your health insurance (the part you pay and the part you pay for your separated spouse) as an itemized deduction on Schedule A; however, you can only deduct that percentage of your health insurance that exceeds 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. If your health insurance, the amount you pay for yourself, and the amount you pay for your separated spouse, does not exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income, then you won't be able to deduct any amount on Schedule A. For tax year 2022, your adjusted gross income is on line 11 of your Form 1040.
If you have other deductions you can itemize, and if you are filing Married Filing Separately, then your separated spouse must also itemize. The both of you would also have to determine which party can claim which itemized deductions, and that can be complicated.
Thus, if your standard deduction is higher than your itemized deductions, TurboTax will automatically select the standard deduction for you.
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