Boynton wrote:
Harddrive43228 wrote:
If the government ever eases up on their new CAJA rules and I decide to pull the plug and relocate, I will rent.
Consider this:
CR is now doing 6 month tourist visas, so fewer border runs. The caja sucks, so I end up paying out of pocket for routine medical care. Yesterday, I saw my cardiologist (Dr Frederico Malavassi, Clinica Biblica) and got an ECG, consult and pacemaker check. Total bill was c50mil. No insurance, no caja, made the appointment via WhatsApp, wait time for appointment was 3 days.
I also have US medicare and my former employer pays for a UHC Suplemental Plan N. Several supplemental plans (D, G, M and N that I am aware of) will cover emergency treatment when traveling outside the US. However, if you are a foreign resident they do NOT pay since you are covered under the caja and the Medicare Supplement is a payer of last resort. This, combined with the 6-month visas have me considering abandoning my CR residency.
Do your own research and consider your own unique needs and situation. For me, I do not use the caja for routine medical care.
Why the CAJA sucks:
QCOSTARICA — Two patients have filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court, also known as Sala IV, to assert their rights through appeals for protection, after having suffered a series of calamities in the emergency services at the public hospitals in Heredia (the San Vicente de Paúl) and Alajuela (the San Rafael).
In the first case, which dates back to January 13, Dionicio Alvarado Rivas, a patient with a heart problem called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, in his filed document explains how, when he sought medical help at the Heredia hospital after suffering severe pain, shortness of breath, vomiting and a very high fever, was told to remain under observation for further evaluations, was placed in a wheelchair in the emergency department and where he remained in for more than 72 hours.
Given this, the high court determined in a ruling dated February 2, to partially declare the appeal admissible, ordering the director of the hospital and the head of the emergency department to refrain from repeating the event.
On the other hand, a patient who went to the Alajuela hospital on February 8 due to intense abdominal pain and high fever, told the magistrates that since his arrival at the hospital, was told that he had to wait at least a week for an ultrasound.
For this reason, the judicial body requested a detailed report from the authorities of the medical center, with a maximum time of three business days for its submission.
Both appeals were processed by lawyer Mario Alberto Zamora Cruz, who contacted the media to make the facts known.
To date, no official statement has been made by authorities of either hospital or the CCSS press office, only to say they would not comment while the cases are being processed.
https://qcostarica.com/patients-report- ... hospitals/