I dont like the complicated playing with the numbers, or "pork" that helps one person but not somebody else ...
Tax credits is more or less plugging a hole in a sinking boat, but there are still lots of holes. Better to replace the hull.
So, are you saying you are not for government assistance?
A family that lives far away from a hospital that specializes in a thing that other hospitals do not may need to travel to that hospital. Right now they can write off the travel expenses. Are you saying you would not be for that or do you have another solution?