Hello,
If your MD tells you to go to a gym for exercises, hopefully to reduce high blood pressure, and also to bring weight down, are the gym expenses a Medical Deduction since your Dr. prescribed your going ?
Thanks, B.
That's too loose to be an allowed deduction.
From Pub 502; You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay to lose weight if it is a treatment for a specific disease diagnosed by a physician (such as obesity, hypertension, or heart disease). This includes fees you pay for membership in a weight reduction group as well as fees for attendance at periodic meetings. You cannot include membership dues in a gym, health club, or spa as medical expenses, but you can include separate fees charged there for weight loss activities.
This is a pretty clear explanation of what's allowed or not.
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