The Standard Deduction for Married Filing Joint with one senior is 30,750.
Deciding between taking the Standard Deduction (in your case 30,750) or Itemizing Deductions is based on which one is more, it has nothing to do with the percentage over your AGI the medical expenses need to be in order to claim them on Schedule A if you are Itemizing.
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