Claiming monthly medical payments

[tsukami]

My husband does not have health insurance but we pay $75 a month for him to have care at a local doctor's office which includes all preventative care, routine checks and in house lab work.  Can we claim the $75 a month? and how would we?

[Bsch4477]

That is a gray area since the emergence of concierge medicine. Generally you can deduct the value of medical services provided but not the cost that merely gives you access to the doctor. 

[RobertB4444]

Yes. 

Enter it as payments to physicians under medical deductions.  Click on Deductions and Credits and look down for Medical Expenses.

[tsukami]

That's what I was thinking, thank you for the incite! 

[Mike9241]

to get any benefit from the expense for federal tax purposes., your net out-of-pocket medical expenses must exceed 7.5 % of your adjusted gross income. then any deductible amounts + other itemized deductions must exceed your standard deduction. the standard deduction is $25,100 + $1,350 for each of you who are over 65.