Excess Medical Expense Deduction
Households with a person(s) age 60 years or older or a person with a disability can also deduct out-of-pocket medical expenses of more than $35 monthly. Payments made by insurance or someone else cannot be counted.
Allowable costs include:
most medical and dental expenses, such as doctor bills, prescription drugs, and other over-the-counter medication when approved by a doctor
dentures, inpatient and outpatient hospital expenses
nursing care
They also include other medically related expenses such as:
certain transportation costs
attendant care
health insurance premiums
Elderly or disabled residents are encouraged to claim the excess medical expense deduction when they are applying or recertifying for SNAP for any allowable medical costs. You will need to provide DHS copies of receipts or bills for allowable medical costs.