Last word on IMSS health insurance?

[mr bill]

Doyle,

This is a great post with a lot of valuable info. Maybe a little out-of-date like Pvt Dr's office visits at $US20 when it is more the norm now of 400-600 pesos - still a steal.
The part about double tracking -getting private care until you need to go inside IMSS is right on and is local practice here in Guanajuato -. In our 1st year with IMSS coverage we had restrictada stamped in our booklets. This was removed in the 2nd year. The article you post states about $250US year for coverage and I've seen similar numbers elsewhere on the web. Meow's renewal this year [sin restrictiones] was around 1500 pesos. A friend here who is married to a Dr tells us that IMSS is good for the big stuff and that also where pregnancy is concerned IMSS pays your salary for lost time on the job - now how do we we work that out as we are self-employed? We do pay local taxes and have to ammend our 2009 return and pay 1 peso to get 2008 squared away. But for ejercico 2009 we are getting 290 pesos back!