Is this taxable Income?

Swanson
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I am retired. Each year my health insurance gives each myself and my wife a $900 "Health Fund" that I use to (partially) reimburse our Medicare premiums. It isn't money I contributed like a HSA. Is this taxable income to me? Do I need to subtract the amount from medical expenses I claim as a taxable deduction? Is it neither?
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Gee I don't know. Do they give you a form for it? Like a 1099R or 1099Misc or something? My retirement reimburses us the medicare taken out of our SS checks. Then I just enter the 1099R for my pension. Since the medicare is reimbursed I don't enter it when I enter my Social Security SSA-1099 in Turbo Tax. It's all moot anyway since I take the Standard Deduction and don't itemize anymore. Most people are taking the Standard Deduction now since it's higher and a lot of deductions have been eliminated or limited. And it takes a lot of medical to deduct.0
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Is this a Health Reimbursement Arrangement as described here?
https://www.investopedia.com/hra-vs-hsa-5190731
If so, I think it would not be considered taxable income but you should deduct any reimbursement you receive from insurance premiums or medical expenses you claim as a tax deduction. At the top of the medical expense section of Schedule A it says
Caution: Do not include expenses reimbursed or paid by others.
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I suggest posting this question in the TurboTax community where you are likely to receive more responses. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community
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If it's taxable you should receive a 1099 from them. I have a similar plan for $2400 and have never had to pay any taxes on it. Call your health care company and ask them if you'll receive a 1099 for your Fed taxs and see what they say. Yo should be able to look it up on IRS.gov website also.0
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Swanson said:Do I need to subtract the amount from medical expenses I claim as a taxable deduction?Quicken user since version 2 for DOS, now using QWin Premier Subscription (US) on Win10 Pro.0
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But as @volvogirl said, unless your out of pocket medical expenses are very high, it is unlikely you will get any reduction in your taxes.QWin Premier subscription0
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