Neeranam

Good move to help foreigners, yet they continue to moan.

Better not to teach kids.

Why didn't he just go to the pharmacy? He never said if he got the life-saving medicine at the one recommended by the doc.

It is not discrimination. Is he being discriminated against when asked to get a visa when Thais don't need one? Is he being discriminated against when told he can't buy land but his wife can? No, it's the law. Now if he was refused medicine on the basis of his race, or sexual preference, or age, that would be discrimination.

Now you are racial talking nonsense. My kids were born to a foreign and a Thai parent, and I assure you they are not Half Thai, they are 100% Thai and 100% British. I bet you consider Chinese Thais to be real Thais? It was a simple question which you conveniently didn't answer. Do you think Arnie is an American, or was Bob Hope an American? If you are a Brit, was Freddie Mercury British, David Milliband, or Mo Farah?

No, they have a Scots/Doric accent ???? Tell your wife to only speak Thai to him, as it is detrimental to his English. You never speak Thai to him, unless you are fluent/native. This was what my bosses told me, 2 guys with PhDs in Bilingual Language Acquisition.

We don't know the full story Maybe he went with a woman with tattoos, or other such thing that Thai people don't like, Chang vests, etc, raised voice, Colonial superior attitude.

Something doesn't ad up here. Maybe it is the current rate of the GBP, but if you were that sick, it makes no sense to go to a hospital you have to wait for hours.

You seem to have an issue with me being a naturalized Thai. Do you think Bob Hope(first who came to mind) was American? If 'yes', I can only imagine that it is a racist thing. How was Arnold Swarchzenegger allowed to be Governor if he isn't American?

What do you mean 'immigrants don't pay anything'?

I am not a foreigner.

I said, 'as a Thai citizen". Stop hijacking the thread lol

Not when I went, as a foreigner, to Khon Kaen hospital over many years. Sometimes I didn't use my insurance as it was so cheap.

I am Thai, it says that on my passport and my ID card. I can buy land, etc, what are you on about?

Except we are the same race. I would have got the medicine and he didn't, so it can't be racial.

There were certain hospitals, including Bangkok Hospital that gave some of the vaccines to foreigners before Thais. I couldn't register, they asked for visa. I could initially get the Sinovac or Astra by showing Thai ID but I didn't want it. I waited for Pfizer or Moderna and foreigners could get it first. I did get it a month later.

Trying to benefit from cheap, govt. subsidized medications meant for poor people.

No. I fail to see why their nationality is relevant to my NOT getting a vaccine, as a Thai citizen before, or even at the same time as foreigners.

How the Thai tax system works is frankly nothing to do with you. There are exceptions for everyone, including farang. This is similar to the UK and tax allowances. You pay tax on your pension outside Thailand and expect equal treatment to Thais who pay tax, or are exempt, like poor farmers. I don't like your attitude and is my last word for now on the matter.

I am Thai and was refused a vaccine in Khon Kaen when foreigners could get it. This is because I don't have a visa in my British passport. Works both ways. Maybe the OP was wearing inappropriate clothes, shouting demanding his rights, etc. We don't know if others would be refused medicine. Maybe he couldn't speak Thai, we don't know.

Did he persecute only non-German Jews? Silly argument.

Just opinions. Think of it this way - your local govt. hospital in the UK is suddenly full of Saudi Arabian pensioners on non-immigrant status, who obviously have more many than locals but don't want to go private. They get medicine, which is hard to get and the hospital runs out. Some British pensioners can't get this medicine when it runs out and die. Is this right? It is no different to the case here. What would you think if they were told to go private and they complain about racial treatment on their expat forum. I would tell them to **** off back home.

He is paying , but massively reduced price.

Not to provide foreigners REDUCED priced medicine. Nothing wrong with this, IMHO. If he paid tax, that's another story. Can't you see why some Thais would have this policy?

Big difference - Thais go to Australia and work, get proper visas and learn English. Pattaya is full of illegal immigrants, getting dodgy visas from agents.