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"Spouse's self-employed health insurance premiums are not deductible due to the lack of self-employment income." The Taxpayer has self-employment income and should be able to deduct the Spouse's health insurance premiums. Screen 14.1 (SSA Benefits) has an option to accomplish this. Screen 24 (Adjustments to Income) does not; I entered the Spouse's premiums in the Spouse's column and it generated this diagnostic.

Solution: Please review the Schedule SE (Spouse) and ensure it shows positive SE income. If it does not, please review the input and source for the spouse's SE income. If the spouse's Schedule SE is not generating, that could indicate the spouse's income is below the threshold, or there is a loss reducing the SE income.