🇨🇱 Chile · Healthcare
How the Chile healthcare system works — public vs private care, eligibility, and costs for residents and visitors.
Chile has a mixed health system: the public FONASA fund and private ISAPRE insurers, funded partly by a mandatory health contribution. Public emergency care is available to all.
- Workers pay a mandatory health contribution and choose between public FONASA and private ISAPREs.
- FONASA covers residents across income brackets; ISAPREs offer private plans at higher cost.
- Emergency care is provided regardless of coverage or nationality.
Official authorities
- Ministerio de Salud (MINSAL)
Ministry of Health — FONASA/ISAPRE system and coverage.
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