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Analysis of the Newly Opened Costa Rica Insurance Market

Costa Rica President Óscar Arias Sánchez signed into law Costa Rica’s new insurance reform ending the Instituto Nacional de Seguros’ (INS) eighty-year-old monopoly over the country’s insurance industry.

Can the INS compete in an open market with other private insurers on price, product diversity and service?

Rush Limbaugh: if U.S. Healthcare Passes “I’ll go to Costa Rica”

U.S. conservative radio ’shock jock’ Rush Limbaugh said he will go to Costa Rica if the U.S. Congress approves President Barack Obama’s health care reform initiative.

Limbaugh further added that many insurance companies are setting up camp in Costa Rica because they believe they’ll be put out of business if Obamacare passes.

Costa Rica – a Rock & Roll, Fire Spitting, Living Earth Paradise

The natural forces that make Costa Rica beautiful are still hard at work. Costa Rica has several mountain ranges that cover a large part of the country. Nestled within the mountains and standing majestically elsewhere on their own are 50 known volcanoes, with several being active at all times.

Costa Rica’s New Traffic Laws Take Effect March 1, 2010

Costa Rica’s new and sweeping traffic reform laws (reformas a Ley de Tránsito) will finally be the law of the land on March 1st, 2010.

The cornerstone of the new reform is the computerization of drivers’ license records, and the use of a strict points system to force drivers to re-evaluate and change their driving practices.

North Dakota Tourists Narrowly Escape Costa Rica Bridge Fireball

Costa Rica and Potholes
Costa Rica is as famous for its monkeys, beaches, volcanoes and hot springs as it is for its “potholes”.
Normal driving in Costa Rica includes cars and trucks weaving along narrow roadways, often times crossing into oncoming lanes of traffic, in attempts at avoiding potholes – or at least just trying to choose [...]

Costa Rica’s San José to Caldera Pacific Highway now Open

The Costa Rica government officially opened the new Autopistas del Sol San José to Caldera Pacific highway on January 28th, 2010 … 3 months ahead of schedule; but only after 30+ years of planning, stops, starts, controversy and perseverance.
Posted speed limits on the new autopista range from 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per [...]

The Costa Rica Health Care System, Medical Vacations and What The U.S. Can Learn

Statistics from the World Health Organization place Costa Rica third in life expectancy, sandwiched neatly behind Japan and France and ahead of Great Britain and the United States; and with a per capita income about one tenth of the other four.
Some will [...]

T’was the Week Before Christmas and All Through Costa Rica…

…drivers continue to engage in road-combat during the holiest of holidays in this Catholic country.
Kids are out of school, government employees are off work, many are on vacation for most of the month and churches can become standing room only gathering places for several generations of entire families.
The mood of Costa Rica as a whole [...]

Why is Costa Rica Smiling?

This Central American country tops the Happy Planet Index.
A child growing up in the Costa Rican countryside is surrounded by some of the most beautiful and biodiverse landscapes in the world. The government of this tiny Central American country aims to keep it that way. But preserving this land of tropical rainforests isn’t Costa Rica’s [...]

A Tour of the Capital – San José, Costa Rica

Bottoms are big in San José and, indeed, in all Costa Rica. In case yours isn’t significant enough to be noticed, a girl can actually buy padded bum enhancers. Just ask, at a lingerie store, for a “bloomer relleno” (Spanish for stuffing). That out of the way, there are other important things a visitor should [...]

Costa Rica Cars Don’t Share Roads Well With Bicycles

Costa Rica offers many diverse outdoor activities due to its unique location, terrain and ecology.
Visitors to Costa Rica are familiar with tours and rentals that include; boating, jet skiing, sport fishing, horseback riding, dirt biking, 4-wheel all-terrain vehicle (ATV) tours, zip lines, hiking, swimming, etc., etc., etc.
However, a little known fact to many is that [...]