Sebastian Cespedes blog

  Hello dear readers, I hope you are having a great week. In this blog, I will tell you about the Chilean healthcare system and what I think about it. The Chilean healthcare system is composed of two systems, one of private character called ISAPRE and the other is a public insurance called FONASA, both systems have coexisted since the times of the dictatorship, however as a result of the protests of October 2019 and other events have been in constant questioning, due to poor care, endless waiting lists, lack of medicines, among other problems. But, what are all these deficiencies due to? First, the self-management model of the establishments, the mechanisms in which Fonasa resources are transferred to private clinics and the impartiality with which budgets are made each year for the health systems.  Second, the majority of the population in Chile is treated in the public system, because they do not have the resources to be treated in the private system, generating a collapse i...

Since our republic was established as an independent country, the way of electing authorities has been changing, it is true that at the beginning only men of the wealthiest sectors had the right to vote, but that was changing little by little until today, where everyone over 18 years of age, regardless of gender, have the right to vote. However, in these times when more people have this right, they do not take advantage of it and do not do it, affecting mainly our democracy. First of all, every vote is important, it is unbelievable, but many times just one is capable of making a big difference. Secondly, voting means power, there are many countries around the world that do not have the right to vote, because they are under dictatorships or absolute monarchies, so we should take advantage that we have the power to elect our authorities. Thirdly, if we do not vote, we may run the risk of not having good authorities or the ones that best represent our ideals. Finally the vote is relevant,...