Possible (tentative) good news for those concerned about the loss of the medical deduction:
From a WaPo article which dealt mainly with the probable retention of the tax-free graduate student tuition waiver and other related deductions, this on the medical deduction:
Thune (R- N.D) said the medical expense deduction — which allows families to deduct extraordinary medical treatment expenses above 10 percent of their income — was also likely to be in the bill, a huge relief for millions of Americans living in nursing homes or fighting cancer or other chronic diseases. That deduction is “a priority for some of our members, and we're trying to be responsive to that,” Thune said. “It was a big issue for [Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)] .?.?. I think she'll be happy with the way it comes out.”
The tax bill that the House passed in November scrapped the medical deduction entirely, a move that would have caused a jump in taxes of thousands — and in some cases tens of thousands — of dollars for millions of middle-class families.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/12/14/grad-tax-dead-student-loan-interest-deduction-saved-in-final-bill/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_gradtax-335pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.41d277c44f62
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