The medical deduction is to claim money spent out of pocket after taxes.
- All medical miles to any doctors, dentist, vision, prescription, etc counts as medical mileage including your scenario. The mileage to sleep somewhere (hotel or family) would be included in the travel miles.
- As for the lodging, your kind family members cost you nothing out of pocket. This would mean no deduction. Well, maybe you did spend a little on something as a thank you. I don't know what kind of family members you have.
The federal medical deduction begins after 7.5% of your income and only counts if you itemize, which most people don't.
About Schedule A (Form 1040), Itemized Deductions
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