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<br />Medical expenses claimed for reimbursement must be used for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of <br />disease or for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body. This is a partial listing of eligible medical expenses. <br />For a detailed list of eligible expenses, please refer to IRS Publication 502 - Medical and Dental Expenses. <br /> <br />Medical Expenses <br />o Abortion <br />o Acupuncture <br />o Ambulance <br />o Artificial Limb/Prosthesis <br />o Chiropractor <br />o Christian Science Practitioner <br />o Chronically III Individual <br />o Fertility Enhancement <br />o Health Institute (prescribed by a physician) <br />o Hospital Services <br />o Laboratory Fees <br />o Medical Co-pay <br />o Medical Deductible <br />o Medical Equipment (wheelchair, crutches, etc) <br />o Medical Equipment Operation & Upkeep <br />o Medical Services (physician, specialist, inc) <br />o Osteopath <br />o Oxygen & Oxygen Equipment <br />o Physical Therapy <br />o Sterilization <br />o Surgery/Operations <br />o Transplants (payments for donor or by donor) <br />o Vasectomy <br />o Wig <br />oX-ray <br />o Other Medical (must provide description) <br /> <br />Hearing Impairment <br />o Hearing Guide Animal <br />o Hearing Aids <br />o Special Education for Hearing Impaired Individual <br />o Telephone/Telephone Equipment <br />o Television-adaptor or special equipment <br />o Other Hearing Impairment (must provide description) <br /> <br />Mental Health, Chemical Dependency & Special Education <br />o Alcoholism (including transportation cost to meetings, meals & <br />lodging provided by center <br />o Drug Addition (inpatient, including meals & lodging) <br />o Learning Disability (physician recommended program) <br />o Psychoanalysis <br />o Psychologist <br />o Special Education & Schools (for mental or physical disability) <br />o Stop-Smoking Programs & associated prescription drugs <br />o Therapy (development, such as pattering exercises) <br />o Other Mental Health, Chemical Dependency & Special Education <br />(must provide description) <br /> <br />Nursing & Lifetime Care <br />o Disabled Dependent Care Expense (not claimed as child care) <br />o Home Care/Nursing Services <br />o Mentally Retarded-Special Home <br />o Nursing Home <br />o Nursing Services (including taxes paid for nurse) <br />o Other Nursing & Lifetime Care (must provide description) <br /> <br />Drugs & Medicine <br />o Insulin <br />o Prescription medication co-pay/cost <br />o Over -the-counter medication <br />o Other Drugs & Medicine (must provide description) <br /> <br />Capital Expenses (Special Equipment & Improvement) <br />o Car-Special equipment or design <br />o Home Improvements <br />o Lead-based Paint Removal <br />o Other Capital Expenses (must provide description) <br /> <br />Dental <br />o Artificial Teeth <br />o Dental Treatment (non-cosmetic) <br />o Orthodontic Care <br />o Dental Co-pay <br />o Dental Deductible <br />o Other Dental (must provide description) <br /> <br />Travel for Medical Necessity <br />o Lodging <br />o Meals (inpatient care) <br />o Medical Conferences (admission & transportation only) <br />o Mileage for personal transportation <br />o Transportation for Medical Care (bus, taxi, train, plane, tolls) <br />o Other Travel for Medical Necessity (must provide description) <br /> <br />Vision <br />o Braille books & magazines <br />o Contact lenses <br />o Eyeglasses <br />o Optional Eye Surgery (e.g. Lasik) <br />o Required Eye Surgery (e.g. cataract surgery) <br />o Seeing Eye Animal <br />o Special Education for visually impaired individual <br />o Vision Co-pay <br />o Vision Deductible <br />o Other Vision (must provide description) <br /> <br />Miscellaneous <br />o Legal Fees (necessary to authorize treatment for mental illness) <br />o Medical Information Plan (computer retrieval) <br />o Tuition (when charges for medical care are included) <br />o Weight-Loss program to treat diagnosed disease <br /> <br />Insurance <br />o COBRA premiums <br />o Long Term Care Insurance <br />o Health Coverage while drawing unemployment compensation <br />o Insurance premiums <br /> <br />Note: Items such as: vitamins, nutritional supplements, toiletries, weight- <br />loss products, cosmetic dentistry (whitening), etc. are NOT reimbursable <br />items without a doctor's note recommending the product because it will treat <br />a specific medical ailment. <br />