Those who are refugee applicants or are currently living in Costa Rica as refugees will have access to health services in public Social Security clinics and hospitals. 

This medical benefit is made possible through a $1.9 million refugee collective insurance agreement that has been signed, for the fifth consecutive year, between the Social Security and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 

The program allows free access to medical services for this year for five thousand foreigners living in Costa Rica with refugee status or seeking asylum.

 
According to Social Security, the agreement is an opportunity for public health to offer dignified care with quality medical service to vulnerable populations.

UNHCR is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

UNHCR's mission includes nearly 57 million refugees as of June 2020. According to the organization, there are already more than 80 million refugees globally.

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