Mar 07 2019
Generally, it seems to me that grocery prices have risen, though the statistics show otherwise. “Cost of food in Costa Rica decreased 0.69 percent in January of 2019 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Costa Rica averaged 5.91 percent from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 27.74 …
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Mar 07 2019
I found the health-efficiency index cited in Bloomberg’s article, “These Are the Economies With the Most (and Least) Efficient Health Care,” to be one of the more interesting ones I’ve seen in the last several years regarding healthcare in America versus the rest of the world. Put simply, it’s a survey which measures bang-for-the-buck, and in …
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Mar 07 2019
Costa Rica has recently received more acknowledgement for what it’s doing right, this time from the World Economic Forum, in it’s January 31, 2019 article, “Costa Rica is one of the world’s happiest countries. Here’s what it does differently.” In the article, Costa Rica President, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, is quoted as saying, “Seventy years ago, …
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Mar 07 2019
In January, our spending was lower than our monthly average, with no big, out-of-the-ordinary expenses. Here’s the breakdown: Transportation – $63.31 No big trips, no car repairs, just one fill-up, a few tolls and parking for a trip into San Jose, and one cab ride here in town. Grand total: $63.31. Living in town has …
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Mar 01 2019
Welcome to our Retire For Less In Costa Rica Newsletter In This Issue: Our January 2019 Costa Rica Cost of Living Costa Rica: One of the World’s Happiest Countries Healthcare Bang-for-Your-Buck What Are the Countries With the Most (and Least) Efficient Health Care? Featured Property in Sarchi: 2 Houses for Sale by Motivated Seller-REDUCED to …
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Feb 17 2019
In December, Costa Rica and those of us who live here celebrated an important anniversary — the 70th anniversary of the abolition of Costa Rica’s military. “On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica abolished the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war that year. In a ceremony in the Cuartel …
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Feb 17 2019
It’s been a couple of months since we published our Costa Rica Cost of Living breakdown. Since we spent the months of October and November in Oaxaca, Mexico, there were no Costa Rica expenses for those months. We arrived back home on December 1st so this is our spending for the full month ($4,187.55). It’s …
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Jan 30 2019
Welcome to our Retire For Less In Costa Rica Newsletter In This Issue: Our December 2018 Costa Rica Cost of Living Costa Rica’s Farewell to Arms: A Bold Peace Featured Property in Lake Arenal: Great Deal on 4 Bedroom Designer Home with Sweeping Views-$149,000 Cooking in Costa Rica: An Expat’s Guide to Buying Groceries, Cooking, …
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Jan 28 2019
First off, thank you for your concern, support, kindness, and prayers when you learned of Paul’s cancer scare. It is now 4.5 months since his surgery to remove his right kidney and 6.5 months since we learned the results of the CT scan (“TAC” in Costa Rica) which showed two tumors with a 95% probability …
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Jan 28 2019
We recently got a question from a reader which we couldn’t answer: “If a person has a large pension and his Caja payment is based on the higher percentage (say 13%), is there a cap on the maximum they might pay each month?” We contacted Attorney Roger Petersen, the author of The Legal Guide to …
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