Chilean health system

Hello everyone! in this new blog I will give my opinion about the health system in Chile and the existing gap.

My opinion about the health system in Chile is, unfortunately, dire, like most things in this country.

Why do I think this? Well, basically because I cannot conceive the idea that in this country there are two types of health care: one for the rich and one for the poor.

Although this sad reality is known by most Chileans, I have heard it said that this is not so... but, how can it not be so, if you try to see the different realities that are experienced on the one hand in public hospitals and on the other hand in private clinics.

As in most services in Chile, in the health system there is a big gap in terms of economic class, one public and one private, that is, one for those who have money and one for those who do not, and as is to be expected, these two systems work very differently and unequally.

In the private one, that is, for people who have the resources to pay the very much that it takes to receive this kind of medical care, they offer you first class services and care, so to speak. You get fast and good care, in a proper infrastructure, and they offer you all the services you need for your case.

However, in public healthcare, none of this is the case. Here you have to wait for years for care, which often is not even of high quality, if you are not seen in the same hallway, and what to say about the infrastructure, which is not worthy of anyone.

This situation is frustrating, but unfortunately this is the way things work in a country where everything becomes a business and that distinguishes for everything according to the social and economic class in which a person is, and where everything is seen as a product, even health, which is supposed to be a right of every person.

A good opportunity to change this reality is in the next constituent process, where those in charge of drafting the new constitution can stipulate a universal health system for all Chileans that is dignified and of quality. Because health should be considered as a right and not as a business.

Thanks for reading!

The right and duty to vote 

Although it is always said that Chile is a democratic country, it is necessary to point out that the current "democracies" are far from the original meaning and practice of the concept, which makes it practically impossible to achieve full democracy today. Rather, what governs Chile and other countries is a representative government which is characterized by the power of the citizens to elect, as its name indicates, their representatives. And how is this carried out? Well, through the popular vote, a fundamental pillar in these types of governments. The action of voting, also known as suffrage, is a mechanism and political right that citizens have and that allows them to actively participate in political decision making within a State. This right is extremely important for a society that calls itself democratic, so it is everyone's duty to take care of it and enforce it, since, besides being a right, this act represents your voice, your opinion in the society in which you live. Unfortunately, there was a very dark period in our country in which this right was annulled, and everyone's opinions were silenced, something very terrible that I hope will not happen again. But this itself should teach us to value the right that we literally have in our hands, we fought so hard to have it back that now it is the duty of each one to assert it in every instance that we can so that something like Pinochet's dictatorship, in which democracy was sadly demolished, never happens again. Thus, we must take this as a fundamental duty in our lives, and we must do it well. That is why it is so important to be informed about what is happening in your country, city, commune, town, etc, places where you can assert this right. This should also serve as an example for future generations, to whom we must instill the immense value of the democratic vote.