Qualified Health Expenses
Here is a sample listing of some of the items that can be paid for through your pre-tax account:
- Acupuncture
- Air Filter to treat specific medical condition
- Alcoholism Treatment
- Ambulance
- Artificial Limbs and Teeth
- Braces
- Birth Control Pills & Devices
- Braille Books & Magazines
- Breast Augmentation for Medical Conditions
- Car Controls For Handicapped
- Chiropractors
- Childbirth Classes for Mother
- Contact Lenses
- Contact Lens Replacement
- Co-payments
- Crutches
- Dental Exams and Treatments
- Dentures
- Diagnostic Tests
- Doctor's Fees
- Drug Treatment
- Durable Medical Equipment
- Electrolysis or hair removal **
- Eye Examinations
- Eyeglasses
- Foreign Countries - Medical Expenses Incurred outside of the United States.
- Guide Dog and upkeep
- Hearing Devices and Batteries
- Health Clubs **
- Hospital Expenses
- In Patient Therapy
- Impotence or Sexual Inadequacy
- InsulinLaboratory Fees
- Legal Fees
(to authorize treatment for mental illness) - Lodging for medical care at licensed facility
- Mental Nervous Disorder
- Nursing Services
- Obstetrical Expenses
- Orthodontic Treatment
- Orthopedic Shoes
- Over-the-counter drugs
- Over-the-Counter Reading Glasses
- Oxygen
- Periodontal Fees
- Pre-existing Conditions
- Prescription Drugs
- Prescription Sun Glasses
- Psychiatric Care
- Psychoanalysis
- Radial keratotomy
- Refractive Surgery (LASIK, PRK, CK)
- Smoking Cessation Program
- Special Schooling for physically or mentally
- handicapped family member
- Sterilization
- Surgery
- Telephone for the Hearing Impaired
- Television for the Hearing Impaired
- Transplants
- Vaccinations
- Vasectomy
- Walkers
- Weight Loss Programs **
(but not special foods) - Wheelchair
- X-ray
For additional information refer to IRS Publication 502.
** Only if medically necessary. To be reimbursed, must submit a copy of physician order or a letter of medical necessity.