Medical records

[jhrabosk]

I know the topic of home filing systems and what important documents to keep has been covered here before, but I wanted some opinions specifically on medical records.

I have STACKS of receipts and FSA reimbursement cover sheets and EOBs. I definitely keep them for the tax year in which they're applicable, but what about after that? I never am able to deduct anything, so it's not a "keep for tax purposes" item. What do you do with such things?

I was thinking about making a list of all the doctors' names and contact info with a description of what I saw them for and then shredding...

[ShanaMama]

If you can't get a tax deduction for it, what reason would you have for saving the paperwork?

[Kungjo]

I generally keep them for a year or two then shred them. For the ones that I can't get FSA reimbursement from, I shred at the end of the year unless I think that I need to go back to them for reference.