Same with my parents, not in skilled care per se, but able to deduct home care and numerous medical bills. Why did they go after the elderly?
According to another Freeper, the Senate version of the bill actually keeps the medical deduction and reduces the threshold to 7.5% of AGI (The House bill eliminates the deduction), so our parents still have a shot at keeping the med. deduction during the reconcile in committee. cross your fingers, I will be writing my House rep. to express my concerns. See this post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3609978/posts?page=15#15