A friend of mine who lives in Costa Rica can speak from experience. He had two heart attacks a day apart back in September 2006. He had been so busy that he had failed to register for the national insurance. He was in intensive care for 8 straight days and then in post care for another 6 days. The bill was $5800 and my associate mentioned to the accounts receivable girl that he thought that was too high.
She told him if he paid cash that they would knock off $2000, so he ended up paying $3800 cash for his entire 14 day stay and medicine. He now take several medicines which are covered by the national insurance. His doctor in the States told him that if he had the same treatment there that it would have cost at least $135,000 to start.
Yes, medicine is much less expensive in Costa Rica compared to most all other countries and not once did he feel threatened as all doctors were trained in the States and Cuba. Great intelligent doctors with warm smiles and time for him so he never felt that he was just a number.
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