1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

"Other media"??  Don't tell me you mean Fabulous 103 FM?  ????????

It was actually in Switzerland, Denmark and Australia

8 minutes ago, Ozman52 said:

Plan B (in planning stage) is just across the border into Cambodia, with ! year visa easy, cheap and no income requirement. Other 1/2 can easily visit family, and a lot of Thai spoken/understood.

There are many retirees here on low income. If we spend B500,000/yr, and 10,000 leave, how silly will Thailand look? 

Well, I suppose there are some retirees who have chosen Thailand as a nice country to live, but not as a mousehole to avoid payments to healthcare 

Sorry, I don't believe your story. Sounds like a fake one to get attention or find a way to get money as many tried here already. 

In case I'm wrong you should ask your Embassy for help. 

3 minutes ago, ivor bigun said:

Who said i cant afford insurance,? Not me i just do not want to pay 70 or 80k a year for something that is of no use .i prefere to pay for my own hospital visits.

 

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Where you can pay hospital by yourself in EU? 

Come to reality! You will have to pay in Thailand or choose an international insurance. 

One way or another you have to pay.

1 minute ago, ivor bigun said:

Nothing to do with that,you have to earn 18600 to be able to take your wife to live there,for her to get a visa

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So, what is your plan B???? 

You got a too low income for UK to go with family and also you Can't pay insurance. 

Might be time for a move before it's too late. I read about Bulgaria, Romania or Hungary, where it's not expensive to live with low income. However it will have to have more Research. 

Good Luck 

1 hour ago, nectar said:

Of course, if you're over 70 you can't get medical cover anyway!

That's absolutely WRONG! 

1 hour ago, fifelad55 said:

Let me clarify a point here please. I entered Thailand on a multiple entry non O visa on 2005 and have extended it for 365 days ever since then. Do I need health insurance when I next extend this in 2 or 3 months? Due to a stoke 2 years ago, it is unlikely I could get insurance now or if I could, the cost would be prohibitive. Also a friend is visiting Thailand for 4 weeks later this year on a visa exempt basis. He has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. He does not plan on taking out insurance. Could this give him a problem ehen trying to enter the country?

 

Thanks,

 

Alan

As I read in other media everybody applying for visa/extensions has to show insurance. 

So it's good to have a plan B. At last go back to NHS

1 minute ago, ThaiBunny said:

Last time I was in Tesco I was gob-smacked at the amount of brand label goods being bought by pensioners when there are identical generic goods available for half the price. Most seemed to believe that eating meat at least once a day was their god-given right when someone like me on an income significantly greater than the pension is quite healthy and happy on four or five meaty meals a week

Very true 

4 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

Somebody explain to me why the insurance doesn't apply for an extension of stay but only when you get an 0/A visa.   Does not make any sense at all.  I believe you will need the insurance for an extension of stay.  No one has said that those already here are Grandfather in and do not need it if they stay and continue with the extension of stay.   People are playing word games here because they don't want it to apply to them.  I am surprised to experience people here just don't say we don't know until the rules come out by immigration.  

As I said before in other media it was very clear that ALL visa/extensions will have required insurance. 

3 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

No you cannot,unless you earn 18600 pounds a year,most pemsioners in the UK do not. And thats just the start.

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Well, there is always social welfare. 

Don't tell me, pensioners in UK are starving. 

6 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:

I asked you if you did. Hence the use of a "?". And if you didnt, what is your suggestion for their families?

 

If you go back to UK, the whole family is covered by NHS, which will save you 2000 pounds /year at least 

Just now, AYJAYDEE said:

I asked you if you did. Hence the use of a "?". And if you didnt, what is your suggestion for their families?

 

If you have to go back you can do it with your dependants (wife, children) 

2 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:

so youre encouraging them to leave their families behind??

 

Where did I say that? 

9 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

The National Health Service covers all British citizens or those with permanent residency.

I know. Therefore I recommend everybody who is complaining and argueing to go back under the wings of NHS. 

57 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

I love guys like you ,"why dont you go back",well do you want the full list ,wife of 20 years ,son ,house ,car .furniture , etc etc ,my life is here and if i could get govt ins at my age with no restrictions i would get it ,but we cant ,so please stop with the "holier than though attitude" i will not run away if i have to go to hospital ,i have been many times ( nothing serius) and paid and if i do have a serious illness i will pay with my own cash at a govt hospital , so why waste 60 or70k a year on a policy that will never pay out?

wifeof 20 years ,son ,house ,car .furniture , etc etc ,my life is here and if i could get govt ins at my age with no restrictions i would get it ,

Well, I can't see any reason for you  not to go back. 

House, car, furniture is easy to sell. And your son will be happy to get a proper education finally. 

And as you can read there is an offer for health insurance even in old age. It's not more than 2000 pounds a year. 

I hope instantly that the govt will implement a health insurance as necessary if applying for visa/extension.

50 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

I love guys like you ,"why dont you go back",well do you want the full list ,wife of 20 years ,son ,house ,car .furniture , etc etc ,my life is here and if i could get govt ins at my age with no restrictions i would get it ,but we cant ,so please stop with the "holier than though attitude" i will not run away if i have to go to hospital ,i have been many times ( nothing serius) and paid and if i do have a serious illness i will pay with my own cash at a govt hospital , so why waste 60 or70k a year on a policy that will never pay out?

If you get cancer it will cost much more than your "wasted 70k". And if you have Severe problems after treatment your money might not cover the expenses. 

Did you have a health insurance in UK? 

So there is no reason to deny in Thailand. 

3 hours ago, Dania2019 said:

The government just want people out of Thailand. They don`t care about us and have no sense for doing right. Insurance for visitors is right, but for us that use all our money here, is very bad doing, and af 80 years it is finish to make insurance if you didn't make it in many year. Price for peple near 80 years is 91.000,- Baht. 

 

And this didn`t compare with the rules for getting retirement Visa or married Visa.  

Sorry, I can't follow you. 

You are enjoying the cheap food, cheap accomodation, any kind of cheap living..... 

But if a hospital stay is necessary you want to have it for free or make the runner. 

You saved a lot of money already. Now it's pay day. 

In your home country health care is free. 

So either you pay here for the health insurance or go back to where healthcare is free but living a bit more expensive. 

But don't complain 

As I understood from different Media in Europe also marriage or retirement visa/extension require a health insurance. 

But here is the point :

I really don't understand why so many people here on TV are against an insurance issued as a requirement for a long stay. 

Guys, It's about your own health, your own life! Why you neglect yourself and your family? 

I understand that some don't have the money. But then, why not go back to NHS? 

In many, many countries in EU it is impossible to stay without insurance. Over 70s get free healthcare i.g. Ireland. 

So what those with preconditions will do one day in Thailand? Die on the Street or run away, not paying the bills. 

So to me it seems narrow minded to say NO to a health insurance in Thailand if you want to stay long time. 

13 hours ago, webfact said:

He said the police had a plan

????????????????????????????????????????????????????

dying drunk on roads

well, maybe better than sober. You wouldn't feel as much when dying 

UK = Laughing  Stock of Europe 

Game of Thrones on steroids

With evil Boris UK will be thrown into medieval times. 

Good Night UK. 

9 hours ago, Inn Between said:

Perhaps if laws were enforced with fines escalating in price for each subsequent infraction, the situation would work itself out. Everyday we can see underage kids who obviously have no license and wearing no helmet ride by cops who seem to forget what their job is supposed to be.

 

So, my message to the Thai cops is to start doing their jobs and save some lives. 

 

The problem is that those cops were raised up (by grand Parents,  who have'nt seen any helmet so far) not wearing helmets and using a bike as early age as possible. 

If you want to change those habits you will have to start in Kindergarten. And you have to invest in better education of any kind of teachers. (including Parents) 

Then in 2 or 3 generations from now there might be a change. 

A good example is Vietnam. No bikers without helmets. 

Why? 1. Law enforcement. 2. Seizing the bikes. Mission accomplished.