Since I don’t own a car and I live in San Jose, it’s not surprising that I walk a fair amount. Coming as I do from the USA, and Northern California in particular, I was initially rather amazed at the number of pregnant women I encountered on my daily strolls. Back where I came from
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After the rainy season, and after the mini-winter we always seem to get around Christmas, today was SO welcome. It was one of those picture postcard days that the tour operators would like to see every day. And to be honest, San Jose has it’s share of them, especially from now until May. But today
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Expats in Costa Rica have a number of options when it comes to medical care. The most direct (and expensive) option is to just go to a private hospital or clinic. Prices will be lower than in the USA but they aren’t dirt cheap. Another option is to get private insurance through INS. I can’t
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The Costa Rican Social Insurance (CCSS, or ‘Caja’) has suspended breast implant surgeries for mastectomy patients after receiving a warning that the prosthetic implants from their current supplier may be defective. The warning came from the Agency for Health Safety of Products for Health (France, AFSSAPS, by its French acronym). Investigations of ‘Poly Implant Prosthese’
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