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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