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Remove over the counter health expenses from medical expense deduction #5597

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MaxGhenis opened this issue Feb 14, 2025 · 1 comment · Fixed by #5609
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Remove over the counter health expenses from medical expense deduction #5597

MaxGhenis opened this issue Feb 14, 2025 · 1 comment · Fixed by #5609
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Per IRC

policyengine-us/policyengine_us/variables/household/expense/health/medical_out_of_pocket_expenses.py

Line 12 in bd475b9

"over_the_counter_health_expenses",

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For the SNAP medical expense deduction you can deduct "doctor-approved over-the-counter medication".

https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-medical-expenses-handbook.pdf

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Remove over the counter health expenses from medical expense deduction
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Fixes PolicyEngine#5597
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Uprate MOOP by CMS projections and remove OTC expenses from IRS and S…
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…NAP MOOP definitions (PolicyEngine#5609)

* Remove over the counter health expenses from medical expense deduction
Fixes PolicyEngine#5597

* Uprate medical expenses by CMS MOOP/capita projections

* update changelog
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