Below is a list of some of the items the
Internal Revenue Service allows as reimbursable health expenses through a
Health Flexible Spending Account of a Cafeteria Plan. Check with your plan administrator or
accountant to verify…
Ambulance
hire
Artificial
limbs and teeth
Automobile
modification (hand controls, special equipment, mechanical lifts)
Braille
books & magazines
Crutches/slings
Deductibles
Doctor
co-pays
Drugs
(prescription only or insulin)
Eyeglasses
Fees:
Acupuncture
Any physician, surgeon, psychiatrist or
osteopath
Blood donor
Laboratory
Chiropodist (expense)
Laser Eye Surgery
Chiropractor, Physiotherapist or Massage
Therapy
Lip reading lessons for the deaf
Podiatrist
Christian Science practitioner office
visits
Nurse or Midwife
Dentist**, Oral Surgery, Orthodontia
Psychoanalyst or Psychologist, Family
counseling (no marriage counseling)
Diathermy
Operation
Sanitarium
Examination, physical
Eye examination, Optician or Optometrist
*Weight Loss (when prescribed as
treatment for specific disease)
Halfway
house residency
Hearing
devices
Hospital
or clinic costs
Iron
lung, operating cost
Laetrile,
when prescribed by doctor
Lifetime
care at medical facility
*Medical
supplies (when prescribed as treatment for specific medical condition)
Nursing
care
Obstetrical
expense
Operation
& related treatments**
Oxygen
equipment
*Rental
of medical or healing equipment (requires doctor’s note)
Seeing-eye
dog
Special
education
Special
television that provides deaf individuals with display of audio portion of
television programs
Telephone
for deaf
Transportation
expense relative to illness (including Doctor’s office)
X-rays
*Letter from doctor
stating the specific medical condition and the duration of treatment must
accompany claim.
**If not for cosmetic
purposes.
