By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
A firm that specializes in providing health care to U.S. military retirees here says it has made an agreement with a medical facility in San José to proving treatments at a discounted price.
The facility is Hospital Clinica Santa María, which has purchased the former Cruz Roja bulding on Avenida 8 and plans to expand it into a full-service, 65-bed hospital, said Jim Young of Veterans Care International S.A., who announced the agreement.
U.S. military retirees and veterans who have military insurance have had problems with other hospitals here due to payment disagreements with the U.S. government over fees. These institutions want veterans to pay for their service in full upfront and await reimbursement.
Young said that the new service will be available for any honorably discharged veteran. Anyone who gets services from the Tricare program and all of the disabled veterans who have service connected disabilities and are receving health care services from the U.S. Foreign Medical Program are welcome to the program, he said.
Insurance programs are different and complex for disabled veterans, military retirees and retirees who happened to serve in the military in their youth. Many veterans have been frustrated when they have been caught in the crossfire between the U.S. government and local hospitals over fees.
Young said that those with military service should tour the hospital and meet with the staff. The hospital maintains a Web page.
San José, Costa Rica
Avenida 8 - Calle 14
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