Costa Rica has Become an Excellent Dental Tourism Paradise

Costa Rica has become lately a very favored medical tourism destination for patients from all over the world.
Besides being a country where there is high quality patient treatment possible, and where the doctors are highly skilled professionals, the country also offers several entertainment options for tourists.
Therefore, many choose to combine their medical needs with relaxation, and choose Costa Rica for this flexibility.
There are several tourism and retirement services available which help international travelers get the most advantageous quotes both for their vacationing packages and for their dental treatment needs. They basically find the most renowned dental professionals or cosmetic surgeons and then offer you a reasonable quote.
Patients are also redirected towards highly accredited and certified hospitals or clinics, so there is no danger of ending up under the hands of an unprofessional dentist.
Other services that are usually being offered by these medical tourism companies:

• Free treatment consultations
• They make arrangements ahead for lab testing for example
• They also help you with information regarding accommodations
• Transportation to-from the airports
• Help accommodate people that have special needs
• Take care of post-surgical appointments
• Follow up assistance

As you can notice, these services are extremely advantageous, since there is not much running for you. They take care of all the important part of your medical trip, and all you have to do is let yourself guided, have a nice vacation and get all the medical care that you need.
People choose Costa Rica as a main Medical and Dental Tourism destination mainly because:

• They are sick and tired already with the non responsive attitude of the insurance companies
• They are also tired to wait for extremely long periods in order to be able to get an appointment (wehich in case of an emergency is not quite that comfortable!)
• Increasing local costs for healthcare, especially in the fields of dentistry (such as cosmetic dentistry, which is not even covered by any standard insurance!)

In the not so distant future, there will be an even bigger rise in the number of patients who choose Costa Rica as their main Medical and dental tourism spot.


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Living and Working Part-time in Costa Rica…and Loving It

Living and Working Part-time in Costa Rica…and Loving It
By Rita Lucas

I first came to Costa Rica 11 years ago for my 25th wedding anniversary…and I fell in love with everything I experienced here.

I would leave the resort I was staying at, and wander the beaches to small villages to find great coffee and wonderful food. I loved the rural, simple, slower pace of life. And I loved the safety of being able to tour around and feel as safe as I do in Canada. Other things that suited me were the temperate climate, the friendly, helpful people, and the great “café con leche” (coffee with hot steamed milk).

When we got back to Canada, and into the cold dark days of winter…I decided "enough!" and purchased a lot near the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica near the village of Ojochal. I built a house as a B&B in the mountains up from the village.

I now spend at least six months a year in the wonderful rural area of Ojochal, leaving behind the cold winters of Alberta. Instead of the high pace of life and the high costs of winter…I wake up to the sounds of monkey, toucans and parrots in the trees and step outside to see blue morpho butterflies soaring through my rancho.

Getting around is easy on my quad—I use it most days to run errands, or to attend a Spanish or yoga class.

After spending a lot of time in Costa Rica over the past 10 years, I have found that you need to have a large amount of patience—things move slower than in North America. It is part of the charm…but can also cause us North Americans to get stressed when trying to get things done! I've learned how to stand in long lines and enjoy the people-watching that this can offer…and I've learned that proxima semana (next week) can mean anytime from a couple of days to a month, and be okay with that.

If I was living in Canada 12 months of the year I would have to work a lot more than I do now...I find that it is 1/3 of the cost to live in Costa Rica, allowing me to have more free time, to be semi- retired and have a flexible life.

I never forget that I'm living a dream that I used to only ever experience on vacation. It truly is the good life.

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Costa Rica Ranks Third As Cleanest Countries in The World

According to researchers at Yale and Columbia University, among 163 countries that were included in their 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Costa Rica ranks third in cleanliness, preceded only by Iceland in the first place and Switzerland in second. 

The countries were ranked based on 25 indicators, including water and air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and the impact of the environment on its people’s health.

The index is influenced by metrics that track how the governments are doing in relation to environmental policy goals like access to good sanitation and water, habitat protection, and industrial emissions.

A country may achieve a top EPI position in two ways:

1. It could be gifted with a rich legacy of clean water and diverse biology that hasn’t been violated by uncontrolled industrialism.

2. It could have industrialized and polluted its environment but got rich enough to begin the clean up.

Costa Rica got to the third place the first way, while the countries that made the top of the list achieved it the second way. 

The perfect score is 100. Costa Rica scored 86.4, with a GDP per capita of $9,600 and a population of 4.5 million. 

According to the index,“That such a relatively poor and developing country ranks third in the EPI is testament to the natural endowments of Costa Rica, with dense forests, plentiful water and abundant wildlife. With smart development, Costa Rica can avoid the standard path that growing nations take of polluting their environment, only to clean it up again once they become wealthy. Costa Rica touts its EPI ranking in ads for its tourism sector.” 

In the past, Costa Rica was recognized as the best country regarding rainforest conservation efforts, and is one of the originators of REDD, Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation project. In this sense, it is not a surprise that this small country was able to achieve such a meaningful position worldwide.

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More Good News For Retirement In Costa Rica

"The President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias is expected to sign an Executive Decree which will make


the attraction of foreign retirees to Costa Rica a National Priority.



By implementing this policy the government can then provide incentives to the baby boomers that

want to retire in Costa Rica. The government will also be able to provide incentives and

streamline the permitting process for companies that build retirement communities for the Baby

Boomers.



In 1971 Costa Rica was at the forefront in legislation attracting foreign retirees. In that year

Costa Rica passed the Pensionado-Rentista program which at the time was administered by the Costa

Rican Tourism Board. The program was very successful and instrumental in attracting retirees and

investors to Costa Rica for many years.



The program provided several tax incentives to retirees that would settle in Costa Rica including

duty free importation of an automobile and tax exemption on household furnishings brought into

the country by the retiree.



Decisions of previous governmental administrations eliminated all the tax exemptions making the

program just another immigration category with no incentives at all.



The personalized treatment previously offered to applicants by the Costa Rican Tourism Board was

eliminated and the processing was turned over to the general processing window at the Department

of Immigration.



While Costa Rica minimized the Retiree program other countries in Latin America such as Panama,

Nicaragua, Ecuador, Uruguay, Belize and Mexico implemented and strengthened retiree programs of

their own. By signing this decree it now appears that Costa Rica wants to once again take the

lead in attracting retirees. After all it is estimated that in the United States alone there are

more than 70 million "baby boomers".



For Baby Boomers interested in Costa Rica this means that you will be offered tax breaks and

incentives for settling in Costa Rica. Another benefit which is surely welcome is that Retirees

will have a special processing window at the Department of Immigration to handle their

immigration applications.



We won't know the extent of those incentives until the Executive Decree is signed and published."

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Moran Real Estate Introduces Its Fly And Buy Program

Moran Real Estate in co operation with a few exclusive developers has inaugurated a fly and buys program and now offers $1000 towards your airfare to Costa Rica plus 2 free nights at The Gingerbread Boutique Hotel and Fine Restaurant if you purchase one of the fine properties participating in this program with us.
These developments include, Bella Vista Estates,  Turtle Cove Yacht Club,  Blue River Estates  and  The Preserve At Lake Arenal, with more properties to follow.
This affords a potential buyer to save time and money while seeking their dream in Costa Rica.

Call Moran Real Estate at 506 2694 0088, or Cell 506 8880 8888  24/7

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