Fondo Nacional de Salud

Beneficiaries

• An employee allocates 7% of gross income for FONASA, regardless of the social welfare system to which it belongs
• Unemployed worker receives unemployment allowance granted by the mayor of the residence
• INP and AFP Pensioner and allocates 7% of its contribution to FONASA

• Dependents of contributors. Includes children up to 18 years of age or students under 24 years
• Pregnant women until the sixth month of the birth of son
• Pension beneficiaries of invalidity and old age
• People with mental disabilities, any age, provided they are not causing family subsidy

Choice of care

• Modality of Institutional Care: Delivered in public health facilities.
• Free Choice Modality: Delivered by professional and private health facilities and who have signed an agreement with FONASA. Public hospitals are included in free choice modality if the recipient chooses their physician and/or are hospitalized in a private room. The focus of this modality is paid through a Health Care Bonus. The value of the bonus depends on the level of registration of the professional or health facility where he or she attends. There are three levels with 1 being the cheapest and 3 being the most expensive.