It
depends. Certain types of health insurance premiums can be taken as an itemized
deduction as long as the premiums are unreimbursed and you meet the
requirements to itemize your deductions.
Please refer to pages 8-11 of pub 502 to
determine if your insurance premiums meet the requirements. Relevant headings include: "insurance
premiums", "employer sponsored health insurance plan",
"insurance premiums you can't include", and "long term
care". https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p502.pdf
To itemize your deductions, you would have
to have personal expenses such as medical and dental expenses, mortgage
interest, real estate taxes, unreimbursed job expenses and certain
miscellaneous expenses, and charitable contributions that when combined
together, total more than your standard deduction. For example if you file
single, your standard deduction is $6300 so you would have to have personal
expenses that total more than $6300.
You can only claim a deduction for the
medical and dental expenses that you paid in 2016 that are in
excess of 10% of your adjusted gross income OR in excess
of 7.5% of your adjusted gross income if you were at least 65 years old as of
the end of 2016.
Please refer to the following FAQs for
instructions on how to enter these expenses in to Turbo Tax. https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/4774888
