Medical Expense Reimbursement Plans offer a good solution to the rising cost of health care with their tax deductions offered to small business organizations. The following is a list of what is deductible under a plan, and what is not.
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Eligible medical expenses that can be reimbursed include:
Insurance:
Health insurance premiums (Paid Out of pocket or withheld from spouses check)
Major medical premiums
Dental insurance premiums
Long-term care premiums
Contact Lens insurance
Cancer insurance
Sports insurance
Supplemental Premiums
Medicare, Part A (Only voluntary entroll premiums)
Supplemental medicare insurance (include Medicare Part B)
Hearing aid insurance
School insurance
Other Medical Expenses:
Abortion (Legal)
Acupuncture
Alcoholism Treatment (including AA)
Artificial Limbs & Teeth
Braces
Breast Reconstruction Surgery (following mastectomy for cancer)
Birth Control
Braille Books and Magazines
Chiropractor
Christian Science Practitioner
Clinics
Contact Lenses & Supplies
Co-payments
Crutches
Deductibles
Dental treatments, implants, braces (no teeth whitening)
Drug addition treatment
Exams
Eyeglasses
Eye surgery (includes laser eye surgery & radial keratotomy)
Fertility enhancement
Hand Controls for Car
Handicapped Accessibility Improvements
Health Care supplies (diabetic syringes, casts, bandages, etc)
Hearing Aids
Hospital Care
Labs
Lead based paint removal
Lodging ($50 per person/$100 per night)
Long-term care (qualified amounts only)
Medical conferences (for chronic illnesses for you or family members)
Medicines & drugs (doctor prescribed)
Nursing Care (In-home)
Nursing Homes
Orthopedic Shoes
Oxygen Tanks
Physicians
Psychiatric care
Psychoanalysis
Seeing Eye Dog & maintenance for the blind
Special Education
Sterilization
Stop Smoking Programs (Doctor prescribed)
Surgery
Tests
Therapy (mental & physical)
Transplants
Transportation (to medical care & special schools)
Treatment Programs
Trips to medical care
TTY Equipment
Tuition for special schools (handicapped, learning disabilities, visually or hearing impaired, etc)
Vasectomy
Weight Loss Programs (doctor prescribed)
Wheel Chairs & maintenance
Wigs (Hair loss due to condition or disease)
X-Rays
The following expenses do not quality for Section 105 Plan (MERP):
Cosmetic Surgery (facelifts, hair transplants, teeth whitening, liposuction)