1. Insurance Service and health In Costa Rica

2. Health and human rights What is right to health? A human right that is well established by global organizations. There are countries who exercise this right better than others

3. Costa Rican Health

4. Health in Costa Rica Statistics from the World Health Organization's "The World Health Report 1995" place Costa Rica in third place, in life expectancy in the world. Some reasons for this can be found in the Costa Rican laid back lifestyle, the healthy, fresh, non-preservative laden foods of the country, thetropical climate Costa Rica seems to be a healthy place to live.

5. In the United States, a study conducted in the 1980s, Costa Rica's medicalsystem, was first in Latin America and ranked near the United States and Canada. Among the 20 best in the world. Things are pretty much the same today.

6. Insurances There are in Costa Rica two types of insurances: Private and public. Private insurances: Private clinics and hospitals Public insurances: C.C.S.S and the I.N.S

7. Examples of private insurances

8. Did you know this? Well-known private hospitals, like Clínica Bíblica, hospital CIMA and Clínica Católica have many CCSS doctors that practice in the afternoons and evenings, offerfirst-class, ultra modern services.

9. And the public Insurances

10. Republic´s Law The state has the responsibility to safeguard the health of its population, and its legal basis is the general health law of the republic of Costa Rica.

11. Government take care of health too With a government sponsored network, of 29 hospitals and more than250 clinics, around the country, with the Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS) that has primary responsibility for providing low cost, health services, tothe Costa Rican population.