Cutting deductions for medical expenses does make the year-end chore easier. Imagine two couples, both alike in incomes, in a state without income tax where we lay our scenario. They use the bill to accomplish this by limiting how much of those state income taxes are deductible. The very same federal government that would no longer permit people to deduct high medical expenses. But she sees the stories about Congress wanting to cut entitlement programs once they finish yanking the medical deduction, and worries.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2017 20:14 UTC