Better Scheme than Insurance for Expats

[WhatupThailand]

Setup a Plan for Expats to pay into the Thai Social Fund system,
thereby not being required to have insurance as the Thai government would already cover them.

 

Also this would save all the downsides of Health care, without the need for more red tape in the Bureaucracy,

as it is already set up, and only needs a Sub Heading for Expats, to be added to the system.

 

This would help Both Thai and Expat alike, without the forced Insurance Scam.

 

What do you think ?
 

[CharlieH]

Already been stated / proposed many times in other threads.

 

There used to be a scheme offered to holders of resident "yellow books" etc and annual premium of around 3k, but it was withdrawn by the Govt.

 

Personally I agree, if they made it around 2k a month, way more than any average working Thai ever contributes, and they keep all the income not the insurance companies. Seems logical and much easier to me.

[from the home of CC]

Within a month of implementation the system would be inundated with complaints of service, quality of meds, paying too much for substandard care and on and on ad nauseum. No, I think it's wise for the Thais to give this a pass..

[PatOngo]

42 minutes ago, WhatupThailand said:

What do you think ?

Who will listen?

[Sophon]

42 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Already been stated / proposed many times in other threads.

 

There used to be a scheme offered to holders of resident "yellow books" etc and annual premium of around 3k, but it was withdrawn by the Govt.

 

Personally I agree, if they made it around 2k a month, way more than any average working Thai ever contributes, and they keep all the income not the insurance companies. Seems logical and much easier to me.

There wouldn't be any income, only a big loss for the government. With the demographic of the foreigners who would pay into such a scheme the pay-inn would have to be much, much larger than 2k per month, even if the scheme was limited to government hospitals.

 

Sophon 

[Just Weird]

18 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

Within a month of implementation the system would be inundated with complaints of service, quality of meds, paying too much for substandard care and on and on ad nauseum. No, I think it's wise for the Thais to give this a pass..

There's no chance of it even being considered.  I'm pretty sure that the government doesn't take tips on how they should run (any part of) the country from posters of a forum whose members, in the main, are well-known to delight in daily Thai-bashing!

[baansgr]

Making Thailand the International Health Service for S.E. Asia......UK has something similar for the NHS and Costs millions each year in loses...how may HIV sufferers would come to Thailand for full healthcare at a minimum cost....it won't work