Costa Rican Social Security Fund
fixing infobox and removing deprecated parameters; Cleaning up syntax using indent.js
| ← Previous revision | Revision as of 04:26, 20 April 2026 | ||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
{{Infobox organization |
{{Infobox organization |
||
| image = Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social Costa Rica.jpg |
| image = Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social Costa Rica.jpg |
||
| |
| image_alt = |
||
| caption = Costa Rican Social Security Fund headquarters |
| caption = Costa Rican Social Security Fund headquarters |
||
| map = |
| map = |
||
| motto = |
|||
| predecessor = |
| predecessor = |
||
| successor = |
| successor = |
||
| formation = {{start date and age|1 November 1941}} |
| formation = {{start date and age|1 November 1941}} |
||
| |
| native_name = Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social |
||
| native_name_lang = es |
| native_name_lang = es |
||
| extinction = |
| extinction = |
||
| Line 17: | Line 16: | ||
| purpose = Health Services |
| purpose = Health Services |
||
| headquarters = [[San José, Costa Rica]] |
| headquarters = [[San José, Costa Rica]] |
||
| |
| coordinates = |
||
| language = |
| language = |
||
| leader_title = President |
| leader_title = President |
||
| Line 28: | Line 27: | ||
| remarks = |
| remarks = |
||
| name = Costa Rican Social Security Fund |
| name = Costa Rican Social Security Fund |
||
| |
| former_name = |
||
| |
| image_size = 200px |
||
| |
| map_size = |
||
| |
| map_alt = |
||
| |
| map_caption = |
||
| map2 = |
| map2 = |
||
| abbreviation = |
| abbreviation = |
||
| Line 38: | Line 37: | ||
| region_served = |
| region_served = |
||
| membership = |
| membership = |
||
| |
| general_secretary = |
||
| num_staff = |
| num_staff = |
||
| num_volunteers = |
| num_volunteers = |
||
| Line 62: | Line 61: | ||
== Funding == |
== Funding == |
||
The government is legally required to assume any and all debt that the Caja amasses. The Caja budget had multiplied nearly seven-fold from 1972 to 1979. By 1982, following economic crisis, the program faced a budget deficit of $26 million, equal to a third of its annual budget. Originally, Caja employees received coverage despite not having a payroll tax for the program. This was ended in 1982, when a 4% payroll tax was instituted. Likewise the payroll tax share paid by non-Caja employers was increased from 6.75% to 9.25%. As of 2006, 76% of the Caja budget came from employee and employer contributions. Services for low-income residents who have their coverage paid by the state are funded by a luxury goods tax.Cercone, James, Etoile Pinder, Jose Pacheco Jimenez, and Rodrigo Bricena. "Impact of Health Insurance on Access, Use, and Health Status in Costa Rica." ''The Impact of Health Insurance in Low-and Middle-Income Countries'', edited by Maria-Luisa Escobar, Charles C. Griffin, and R. Paul Shaw, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp. 89-105. From 1982 to 1985, the Social Security Fund constructed 150 new rural health posts and increased training of medical workers, despite [[International Monetary Fund]] austerity measures being in effect.{{Cite journal|last=Morgan|first=Lynn M.|date=Spring 1987|title=Health without Wealth? Costa Rica's Health System under Economic Crisis|journal=Journal of Public Health Policy|volume= 8| issue |
The government is legally required to assume any and all debt that the Caja amasses. The Caja budget had multiplied nearly seven-fold from 1972 to 1979. By 1982, following economic crisis, the program faced a budget deficit of $26 million, equal to a third of its annual budget. Originally, Caja employees received coverage despite not having a payroll tax for the program. This was ended in 1982, when a 4% payroll tax was instituted. Likewise the payroll tax share paid by non-Caja employers was increased from 6.75% to 9.25%. As of 2006, 76% of the Caja budget came from employee and employer contributions. Services for low-income residents who have their coverage paid by the state are funded by a luxury goods tax.Cercone, James, Etoile Pinder, Jose Pacheco Jimenez, and Rodrigo Bricena. "Impact of Health Insurance on Access, Use, and Health Status in Costa Rica." ''The Impact of Health Insurance in Low-and Middle-Income Countries'', edited by Maria-Luisa Escobar, Charles C. Griffin, and R. Paul Shaw, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp. 89-105. From 1982 to 1985, the Social Security Fund constructed 150 new rural health posts and increased training of medical workers, despite [[International Monetary Fund]] austerity measures being in effect.{{Cite journal|last=Morgan|first=Lynn M.|date=Spring 1987|title=Health without Wealth? Costa Rica's Health System under Economic Crisis|journal=Journal of Public Health Policy|volume= 8| issue =1|pages=86–105|doi=10.2307/3342487|jstor=3342487 |pmid=3108317 |s2cid=29785875 }} In 1995, 36% of public social spending, itself 13% of GDP, went toward health care. |
||
==Hospitals and clinics== |
==Hospitals and clinics== |
||
