medical expenses

Doctor bill totals

Medical expenses are costs incurred for healthcare—doctor visits, hospital stays, medications, surgeries, and similar services.

The term appears frequently in insurance contexts, tax discussions, and legal settlements: The insurance covered most of her medical expenses.

Medical expenses can be itemized for tax deductions when they exceed a certain threshold of income.

Opposites
financial flow direction

medical expensesinsurance payout

Compensation from a policy

insurance payouts · healthcare subsidies · insurance coverage · disability payments

health intervention timing

medical expensespreventive care

Health maintenance before disease

health maintenance · gym membership

expense category

medical expensesdiscretionary spending

Non-obligatory personal expenditures

travel expenses · dining out

Family

medical, expenses

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