TeresaM
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Self employed

Yes, the description for Box 6, on Form 1099-MISC, is  Medical and health care payments, so your employer put it in the proper field. The directions above work for Box 6 as well as some of the other fields, where we need to show the form in the return but not have the income included as taxable.   It is truly a Miscellaneous Form 1099

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