I've always arranged my employment as a contract, so benefits were never a consideration. Health insurance turns out to be quite affordable when you're billing out at effectively double the hourly rate of the full time guys, as is pretty common when contracting.

He's in France. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_France

Thanks for the link! That's a pretty long article, however. Can you point me to the relevant section?

Some Googling led me to https://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractor_guide_cont...:

>“Although sole traders in France receive no paid time off, extra pay or unemployment benefit, they do have access to the French healthcare system and accrue pension benefits, albeit at a lower rate than an employee.

jasonkester, is this your setup?

... at the moment. Try not to read that in as a factor, especially if you're looking for reasons why this might not work for you.

I've done the same in England, Spain, Thailand, Colombia, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. And shorter stints in a dozen other countries while traveling.

It doesn't really matter where you set up shop, provided it's cheap to live there and you like it.

Are you a Canadian citizen? How to taxes work in this situation?