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On your Social Security SSA-1099? Did you pay for Medicare part C? Leave it blank.
Medicare C deductions are offered by private companies approved by medicare. If you have Medicare Part C, you are paying for this every month, and will have the amount in your records.
What is Medicare Part C?
A Medicare Advantage Plan (like an HMO or PPO) is another Medicare health plan choice you may have as part of Medicare. Medicare Advantage Plans, sometimes called “Part C” or “MA Plans,” are offered by private companies approved by Medicare.
If you join a Medicare Advantage Plan, the plan will provide all of your Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) coverage. Medicare Advantage Plans may offer extra coverage, such as vision, hearing, dental, and/or health and wellness programs. Most include Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D).
Medicare pays a fixed amount for your care every month to the companies offering Medicare Advantage Plans. These companies must follow rules set by Medicare. However, each Medicare Advantage Plan can charge different out-of-pocket costs and have different rules for how you get services (like whether you need a referral to see a specialist or if you have to go to only doctors, facilities, or suppliers that belong to the plan for non‑emergency or non-urgent care). These rules can change each year.
Medicare Part C payments are the payments that you yourself make to the private insurance company that is providing your Medicare Advantage plan. They do not come out of your Social Security benefits. You would enter those separately as deductible medical expenses for Schedule A as you would any insurance premiums. Some Medicare Advantage plans have $0 premiums, so in that case there would be no payments to deduct.
(If you are self-employed you could instead report them as self-employed health insurance, but since you indicated that you are using the online Free edition of TurboTax, you are apparently not self-employed.)
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