Medical Expenses include but are not limited to;
- All doctor’s visits including chiropracters, any specialists, and rehabilitation services
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Mental health care
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Prescription medications (ask your pharmacy to provide you with an annual print out)
- Hospitalization, outpatient treatment, or nursing care
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Insurance premiums including Medicare, Medicare supplement premiums long-term care/nursing home insurance premiums, prescription drug insurance
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts, health insurance policies, payment books indicating the type of policy and amount of premium
- Dental services including dentures
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Vision services including eyeglasses and contacts
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Sick room or emergency response equipment (rented or purchased)
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Emergency Room and Urgent Care visits
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Hearing aids
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Prosthetics
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Service animals including the cost of securing and maintaining the animal including food and veterinary bills.
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- NOTE: The animal must be specially trained to assist the household member who is 60 or older and/or disabled
- Maintenance of an attendant, homemaker, home health aide, childcare services, or housekeeper necessary because of age, infirmity, or illness
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts, or written statements from attendants or providers
- Drug/alchoholic treatment centers
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- Telephone equipment specially equipped for a disabled person such as monthly telephonic fees for amplifiers and warning signals, the cost of a typewriter equipment plugged into the telephone system for use by deaf people
- verification: bills, explanation of benefits, paid receipts
- IMPORTANT: if your case manager is unaware of these deduction opportunities, tell them to refer to Chart 3614.1 Allowable Medical Costs found in Policy 3614: Excess Medical Deduction.)
Does anyone 60 years of age or older or disabled have medical expenses for transportation?
Great news! If you are aged 60 or older or disabled, then you can use medical transportation expenses to potentially receive more Food Stamps!
Transportation deductions that can be used:
Mileage to and from any of the places that can be counted as a medical expense
ALL medical travel counts. This includes visits to the pharmacy, to pick up medical supplies, doctor visits, hospital visits, specialist visits, etc.
Your case manager may provide you with a form called a Medical Travel Log for you to complete. However, you can write down the trips and the total round-trip mileage.
If you drive your own car:
- Verification: Client Statement – client statement means the case manager takes your statement for any medical travel using a vehicle owned by any member of the household.
- Rule 1: You must state you own the car used for travel. You are not required to provide verification that you own the car.
- Special note: stating you drive your own car is the easiest way to handle this deduction
If you use other types of transportation (bus, train, taxi, Uber, Lyft, plane, etc.) Verification: must provide proof of transportation
Lodging to secure medical treatment or medical services (For example, if you live in Crisp County and must travel to Fulton for treatment AND you had to stay in a hotel, this can be counted toward your medical transportation expenses.) Verification: paid receipts for lodging
Important: if your case manager is unaware of these deduction opportunities, tell them to refer to Chart 3614,1 Allowable Medical Costs found in Policy 3614: Excess Medical Deduction.)
