topic For Medical Care deductions. Do you have to actually pay the medical bills to be able to claim them? I have $22,000 medical debt incurred this year. in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/for-medical-care-deductions-do-you-have-to-actually-pay-the-medical-bills-to-be-able-to-claim-them-i/01/105078#M13171 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:40:18 GMT jts1983 2019-06-01T04:40:18Z For Medical Care deductions. Do you have to actually pay the medical bills to be able to claim them? I have $22,000 medical debt incurred this year. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/for-medical-care-deductions-do-you-have-to-actually-pay-the-medical-bills-to-be-able-to-claim-them-i/01/105078#M13171 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:40:18 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/for-medical-care-deductions-do-you-have-to-actually-pay-the-medical-bills-to-be-able-to-claim-them-i/01/105078#M13171 jts1983 2019-06-01T04:40:18Z Yes you must have paid with out of pocket funds medical e... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/yes-you-must-have-paid-with-out-of-pocket-funds-medical-e/01/105080#M13172 <P>Yes you must have paid with out of pocket funds medical expenses during the year to deduct the expenses paid. &nbsp;Having just a bill is not paying for the expense.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:40:19 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/yes-you-must-have-paid-with-out-of-pocket-funds-medical-e/01/105080#M13172 DoninGA 2019-06-01T04:40:19Z