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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Out of curiosity, how much does it cost for health insurance for your family? If you included that in your US tax bill, would you have a higher net income in Virginia or Alberta?
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My employee contribution is $3000 (pre-tax) a year for my kids and I (divorced). That is for 100% insurance (minus $15-$25 copays), I could pay less for lesser coverage. For a middle class person with good employer insurance, health care is better here. So yeah, net income is still higher. Although, I guess I'd make more in Alberta. But at the same time, my 4000 sq ft house on a half acre lot, in a nice neighborhood with great schools is only $420,000 and I have a 3.5% mortgage locked in for 30 years. I can't imagine how much a comparable house would cost in Calgary these days.