Thank you for your response. Yes...mine...I did pay for. The question is can I claim the amount my spouse had deducted for Medicare from HER social security on my Schedule C (in which activity she does not participate)? I am torn in between the fact that if I paid for family Blue Cross, for instance, the guidelines seem clear cut that I can claim that, but all I have read on Medicare states that "YOU paid for". Semantics perhaps and likely a reasonable conclusion that "we" are "you".

Any further thoughts?