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The Costa Rican Social Security Fund or Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (as it is known in Spanish) is in charge of most of the nation's public health sector. Its role in public health (as the administrator of health institutions) is key in Costa Rica, playing an important part in the state's national health policy making.
This was ended in 1982, when a 4% payroll tax was instituted. Likewise the payroll tax share paid by non-Caja employers was increased from 6.75% to 9.25%. [5] As of 2006, 76% of the Caja budget came from employee and employer contributions. Services for low-income residents who have their coverage paid by the state are funded by a luxury goods ...
Funded by federal, regional and municipal budgets and by separate employer's tax payments, but medical aid in state and municipal health establishments in all cases is available for free to all citizens, foreign permanent residents, foreign temporary residents, stateless persons and refugees regardless of their income or employment status.
Costa Rica’s president has ordered a state of emergency, citing a surge of migrants crossing through the country toward the United States.
Roger Pardo Maurer, a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense, said he isn’t surprised by the pressure of the migration flow on Costa Rica, a small country with a population of just ...
Involuntary treatment or mandatory treatment refers to medical treatment undertaken without the consent of the person being treated. Involuntary treatment is permitted by law in some countries when overseen by the judiciary through court orders; other countries defer directly to the medical opinions of doctors.
The question of whether Democratic President Joe Biden will appear on Ohio's fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state ballot campaigns, a ...
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