I deduct my medical expenses and I just use an accountant. It costs me $160 but for me it's worth it to not have to figure out what is and is not deductable. I just give him a spreadsheet organzied by category of what the expense was and who I paid it too. The recipts aren't always clear to an accountant, so having a summary from the recipts that labels the type of expense is important. My medical expenses are like a third of my income (due to w/c not paying for anything but scripts for a couple years), so it's really worth it to me to get the max. legal deduction.
One thing I learned from him is to get prescriptions for things like home PT equipment, attendent care, etc. so that I could claim them as medical.
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