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The CCSS strike from last year is still impacting those who have been on outrageously long waiting lists for surgeries and appointments. 4,000 operations were cancelled during the month of…

Costa Rica Healthcare News – A cardiologist, Sofía Bogantes Ledezma, has been revealing, over the last three years, the deaths of patients awaiting cardiac surgery for catheters.

Costa Rica News – The CCSS has approved 283 new positions for medical specialists but has not yet said when they’ll be filled.

Costa Rica News – I guess if your culture is known to live longer then you need to work longer, at least that is what the Costa Rican government thinks.

Costa Rica News – Unions tend to come up with a lot of money somehow. The Solidarity Association of Employees of the Costa Rican Social Security is no exception, as…

Costa Rica News  – I do not fear much in Costa Rica. I am not afraid of getting bit my a shark or eaten by a crocodile.  I am not…

Costa Rica News – For many of us that received our February CAJA bill, we were surprised by a rate increase.  For one of our writer’s Kerry this was what…

Eighteen months ago, Edgar Robles, superintendent of pensions, accused the Social Security Fund (CCSS) of “doctoring” the numbers to create an illusion of sustainability of the Disability, Old Age and…