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[quote=”Scott”]
Question: Knowing that you will get ten different answers from ten indifferent people working in practically any government office in Costa Rica, you prefer to believe them rather than our Costa Rica tax expert who regularly consults with Presidential candidates here in Costa Rica and a well known published Costa Rica legal expert?[/quote]
Lol. You’ve been here long enough to know that what your expert who consults with Presidential candidates says and what the local officials do are not necessarily the same. Peterson may be absolutely correct but that doesn’t do me any good when I’m dealing with the local CCSS official. What would be helpful is if he would file suit in Sala IV of the Supreme Court to have this latest regulation declared unconstitutional. Now, if my neighbors (all Ticos), my gardener and my maid all start complaining about having to separately enroll their spouses and pay extra, then I’ll believe your expert is correct. So far they are all astounded that my wife and I have to have separate accounts.
[quote=”janetl2424″] I’m wondering when this will catch up to us? When I go to the doctor?[/quote]
Regarding this question, it won’t “catch up” to you until you have to renew your cedula and therefore your carnet at the Caja. Until then you remain covered on your husband’s account.
Not to muddy the waters, but . . .
I just went to my local clinic for an appointment that was made a month ago. However, I didn’t get past the receptionist. She said I now have to have my own account with Caja, that I can no longer be my wife’s dependent. But here’s the interesting thing. I asked her if this new rule applied to Ticos and she said no! She said according to the instructions that they’ve been given, only foreigners have to have separate accounts and can no longer have one spouse as a dependent of the other. So, while I respect Roger Peterson, our local clinic clearly believes that they only have to force us foreigners to get separate accounts. Ticos still only have to pay one monthly fee for the family, not two.
