Costa Rica Expertise: June 2015

Monday, June 8, 2015

Expats frequently are confused by insurance maze

By: Garland M. Baker B.
Exclusive to A.M. Costa Rica

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Many expats are trying to do right and want to cover their domestic and maintenance employees with benefits and insurance as mandated by the law. Many feel the system in Costa Rica is too complex to understand. In fact, it is for most foreigners and locals alike.

Costa Rican workers find the system complicated too. Others cannot cover themselves because it is overly expensive for them to do so.