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Re:Costco now offering virtual medical care for $29 by smsm42 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:50AM (#37654963)
Probably yes, until they audit you. I don't think many people who want to defraud IRS do it by faking 40 year old medical receipts.
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Re:Costco now offering virtual medical care for $29 by ethbr1 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @08:42AM (#37658444)
Medical expenses is a deduction category that can be itemized?

https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc502

Never needed it, so don't know all the rules are, but I'd imagine the IRS gets a lot of fraud through it (since hospitals wouldn't report from their side).

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Re:Costco now offering virtual medical care for $29 by lotsofpulp on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @09:07AM (#37658717)
But how would they audit it, if the healthcare provider has retired or deleted their records from 40+ years ago? Are healthcare providers keeping records that long?
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