Thanks - it sounds like this may be the best workaround.
Unfortunately, in order to do this, the user has to lie when answering the following TurboTax question, "Did the pension administrator take out money for NAME's pension to pay for health insurance?" Only by answering "Yes, money was taken out to pay for health insurance" can you obtain the proper deduction. This was based on the old law requiring the pension provider to direct the funds to the insurance company. Under the new law, the pension distribution goes to the former employee who then pays for the premiums from their personal account funds. This still qualifies for the deduction. Hopefully TurboTax will rewrite their questions to be consistent with current with federal tax law.
