I don't know how that will work out with previous UK citizens. And I am not holding my breath regarding the agreement too as this has been ongoing for some time already. I am 67 so I am there soon facing the difficulty of healthcare protection. That is a horror story for many expats that still pays tax to the home country for nothing. An agreement would be just fair. We will see what will happen.
I agree with you about everything. I have lately considered Malaysia but I don´t know... And also Philippines (Cebu City). In Thailand I was thinking Maybe Songkhla but that is to far south and all the <deleted> there at the border. Maybe that spills over to Songkhla. Maybe Nakhon Si Thammarat or Surat Thani (the city). I was also into Hua Hin before and maybe that is the best option still because of it is close to Bangkok. But I am really uncertain were it is best to live if the tax-things turns out to be no problem for expats.
Right, or hope that EU will soon have an agreement about free healthcare in Thai government hospitals which I have hear they are working at. Don´t know if that is correct though. But that would be a game changer.
The meters are having a fan that sucks in the air into the sensor. I think you need to have a rechargeable battery. Or power on all the time. AA batteries wont last long.
Hard to understand that the tourists continues to visit with their childrens and all. Imaging the tourists stop to visit! That would be devastating for Thailand. That would be the last nail in the coffin. Fortunately people have short memory. Same as the journalists and governments. After April no one talk about this anymore until January the year after when the same issue wakes up again. And same talk again for 4 months. And so on. Year after year. The only thing that might help is if the tourists stop visiting. But then it is to late to repair the by then bad reputation. By then tourists finds other destinations to spend their money and wont come back.