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 Caveat: I have no medical training. Please use the information in this article as a reference only, and consult with your physician before taking any medication. The first time you get sick and go to the doctor in Chile, you will probably discover two things: Chilean doctors prescribe a lot of drugs  It is not my desire for expat.cl to be a medium for criticism for criticism’s sake, but there is one company that has provoked so much frustration among my fellow expats that I feel obligated to warn newcomers to the country about it. HELP is a company that provides medical services such as ambulance and doctor [...]  Before 1981, health insurance was provided by Fonasa (Fondo Nacional de Salud). In that year the industry was privatized and the ISAPRE system was created. ISAPRE stands for Instituciones de Salud Previsional, and they are Chile’s private health insurance companies. Fonasa continues to operate, effectively in competition with the isapres, and still providing health coverage [...]  AFP stands for Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones and refers to one of several private companies in charge of managing the mandatory and voluntary retirement investments of the majority of Chile’s workers. (Some still have their retirement funds with the INP, the pre-privatization government entity that was charged with the same task.) When you first become [...]  In Chile, telephone number formats and call costs vary depending on the type (landline or mobile) and location (Metropolitan region or other regions). In the metropolitan area, landline phone numbers have a single-digit area code (2) Outside of the metropolitan area, they have a 2-digit area code Mobile numbers have 8 digits and begin only [...] |  
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