The Social Security Fund (CCSS) announced that it has secured a ¢ 35 billion ($69 million) line of credit in order to continue providing medical services to policyholders. The moves comes following news that the fund failed to secure bonds offered by the government on December 27th for payment of a debt totaling ¢ 123.2 billion ($244 million).
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