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Blueseed or Canada?
- maybird 14y agoHow are taxes in Canada compared to the US?
- knz 14y agoProbably comparable or a lot better by the time you factor in the cost of health insurance (a "tax" for any sane person with a family or preexisting condition) and health care....
- davidcrow 14y agoDepends on if you are talking corporate tax rates, personal income tax, etc. http://slumbuddy.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/comparison-of-us-and-canadian-tax-rates-for-2010/ http://slumbuddy.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/comparison-of-us-a... Though it feels like some of the statistics are biased towards Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Canada provides a comparison of personal income tax with Canada being higher than the US. Canada Single no kids - 31.6% US Single no kids - 29.1% Canada Married 2 kids - 21.5% US Married 2 kids - 11.9% My experience is that I have less disposable income in Canada (based on my living previous in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Texas), but I have more available services including healthcare.
- ColinWright 14y agoHow is healthcare in Canada compared to the US?
- davidcrow 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_health_care_systems_in_Canada_and_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_health_care_s... "A 2007 review of all studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the US in a Canadian peer-reviewed medical journal found that "health outcomes may be superior in patients cared for in Canada versus the United States, but differences are not consistent."[7] Life expectancy is longer in Canada, and its infant mortality rate is lower than that of the U.S., but there is debate about the underlying causes of these differences."
- ColinWright 14y agoMy question is less about the quality - which I assumed is more-or-less similar - but in the acquisition of and payment for.
- davidcrow 14y agoAcquisition? Healthcare in Canada is managed provincially, so there are difference between each province. In Ontario, OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) covers a wide range of health services; however, it does not pay for services that are not medically necessary, such as cosmetic surgery. OHIP is paid for out Federal Transfer payments and Ontario taxes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Health_Insurance_Plan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Health_Insurance_Plan There is an external health premium (aka a tax) that maxes at $900 annually. OHIP generally costs about 10cents of every tax dollar spent in Ontario http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/05/a-real-wage-freeze-for-doctors-the-facts.html http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/05/a-real-wage-freeze-... But it is accounted for in existing personal and corporate taxes.
- terrywilcox 14y agoMy total medical bill for having a child: $0. My bill for visits to my doctor (checkup, prescription renewal, etc.): $0. My hospital bill for stitches after too much beer: $0. The out-of-pocket cost of health care is not something we Canadians frequently consider. The national cost of health care is something we debate endlessly.
- rdl 14y agoBlueseed is close enough to Sand Hill to let companies raise from them easily, and near enough that investors will personally make the trip -- especially for demo days, although those could be held onshore too. There is a clear quality of life advantage (aside from startups, living in Vancouver or Montreal would be amazing), but no bucks, no buck rogers, as the expression goes.