Except thailand wouldnt pay  you the deposit back, they never pay back anything, cashback overcharged by mistake etc

First Smart cities and now smart insurances.

13 hours ago, Dellboy218 said:

I asked AA brokers and for me, a 64 year old the cheapest was 65000B

and to think i once considered retiring there.  guess i'll stay in the US,  where at least i have medicare, and the 134 a month taken out of my SS check seems very reasonable compared to this  price. 

17 hours ago, bodga said:

why  waste  time GO DIRECT its  Pacific  Cross  insurance, nice  ad  for  the  broker  though. Dont forget that you can pay  the first "x" amount to reduce these prices.

If you are a woman over 40, you need a mammogram or they won't cover any breast issues. And whatever age you are, if you have a "history" or are taking  blood pressure, cholesterol or various other tablets, expect massive exclusions. Will whats left still be sufficient to enable one to fly to Thailand? $100,000 cover maybe, but for very little!

 

 

10 hours ago, steven100 said:

oh dear   ! ...... everybody is jumping up & down about insurance ....  SCB bank COVID19 cover 499 baht LOL   !!!  

I think one has to heve resided in Thailand for the previous 6 months befor applying, and applications need to be made from Thaland. No good if you are not actually here!

So they don't want any foreign English Teachers then, no one from Europe or America are going to pay this to come and work for 35000 Bht/month if they're lucky...

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

If you are over 75, can't even get it. 133,000 baht in the 71 - 75 age group, they are dreaming.

Nobody is coming to Thailand with these hurdles. Guess the ladies of Pattaya, Phuket and Bangkok will just have to go back to the rice fields, lots of hotels going bust.

Shooting oneself in the foot springs to mind.

another scam - it's all about the money and it creates mass stupidity

 

this so called insurance can only be obtained in Thailand

 

of course it doesn't apply to the mass stream of cheap labour coming from Cambodia Burma and Laos 

13 hours ago, blackcab said:

The vast majority of work permit holders are citizens of Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar who work in low income jobs such as construction. I wonder how they will be able to afford a policy such as this?

only applies to "Skilled Labour"

They forgot one thing. Actually a lot of things. There are no planes flying internationally so nobody will be coming.

13 hours ago, peterwa1 said:

Why not require as Cambodia is   DEPOSIT 3000$ on entry to cover Covid costs   recoverable on departure

That's the best way, but doubt the insurance lobby (and all the hangers on) would like it, as that way the money only would go to the medical professionals when actual services needed.

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

If you are over 75, can't even get it. 133,000 baht in the 71 - 75 age group, they are dreaming.

Nobody is coming to Thailand with these hurdles. Guess the ladies of Pattaya, Phuket and Bangkok will just have to go back to the rice fields, lots of hotels going bust.

Shooting oneself in the foot springs to mind.

Right, 4,000 Euro's for insurance cover, can't see that working.

13 hours ago, tracker1 said:

and I just read Thailand done away with discrimination against foreigners entry into National Parks seems it is alive and well every where else though 

Where did you read that? Can you provide a link please?

 

TIA

This is a field day for hospitals. Everything from a sore throat to a bumped toe could be written up as a possible covid-19 case just so they can squeeze as much out of these policies as possible. Lots of new Mercedes-Benz's on the road soon owned by doctors and hospital directors. That is until it becomes to expensive for any tourist to get health cover. Just another goose that lays the golden egg that Thailand will slaughter in the name of greed. 

Hmmm.... this will certainly have people flocking to come to Thailand(the land of smiles) ?

 

 

 

 

Everyone here should be required to have health insurance anyway. The country shouldn't be responsible for foreigners who can't pay their medical bills.

 

As a foreigner I strongly believe that.

On 6/30/2020 at 3:28 PM, ThaivisaSales said:

According to a Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand notification, distributed to Air Operators, the seven groups of foreigners expected to be allowed entry from 1st July, must have appropriate insurance policies.

So does this only apply to foreigners entering by air or by land crossings also?

Good bye Thailand, just another half  baked idea that will stop tourists visiting especially senior citezens,

As I have previously stated Vietnam and Cambodia will be the new holiday countries of choice. Less restriction,better value more obliging people who just don't look for the $ signs on every visitor and how to rip them off. Been visiting Thailand for over 40 years have a Thai wife and even she agrees. Maybe one day reality may come to the "people" trying to run Thailand.

I've been living in Thailand for over 20 years. In no universe can I afford to pay these extortionate charges for a policy that won't cover anything because of all the exclusions. My job though, or at least the job I used to have, requires me to be able to travel regionally.  I can see the writing on the wall that from now on, this insurance is simply a "foreigner tax" that must be paid by any non Thai residing in Thailand if they need to be able to travel.  I have Thai Social Security. That is all I need as long as I don't leave the country. But the minute I want to fly out and back in again, I will need to pay the insurance blackmail. It is very disconcerting that this is what they seem to be planning. Once instituted, rules like this rarely go away.

 

I am honestly not sure how I am supposed to support my family at this time. The human tragedy of the political reaction by those in charge is far worse than the virus itself. At least the virus is amoral. The politicians in this country are actively trying to hurt those of us who are suffering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And even without the virus they continue to advertise " Affordable "  you can't even use the word joke!????????

36 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Where did you read that? Can you provide a link please?

 

TIA

Phetphet, the poster probably read this from Richard Barrow in Thailand's FB page which Richard posted last night (1st July 2020)...
Tonight at the @FCCThai , I asked Khun Tanes Petsuwan, the Deputy Governor for Marketing Communications at the Tourism Authority of Thailand, for his opinion on the #2pricethailand policy and could he see a time when it would be outlawed. This was his unexpected answer #Thailand

CREDIT:  Richard Barrow
 

Rather than hospitals, doctors etc labeling everything/anything covid related, I think they might go the other direction (which they might be doing now). Nothing would be considered virus caused. Lots die from pneumonia, but not covid. If you caved in to buying the virus insurance, and covered nothing else, you're screwed if doc goes along with powers that be story "there are no cases". All those premiums for nothing...

I suppose I could move to Vietnam or other nearby country. Pay for airfare for visits from my Thai wife from time to time.

14 hours ago, peterwa1 said:

Why not require as Cambodia is   DEPOSIT 3000$ on entry to cover Covid costs   recoverable on departure

Cambodia also requires $50,000 of insurance in addition to the $3000 bank deposit.

19 hours ago, bodga said:

why  waste  time GO DIRECT its  Pacific  Cross  insurance, nice  ad  for  the  broker  though. Dont forget that you can pay  the first "x" amount to reduce these prices.

I'll turn 71 next March and would be paying B133,682 ($4456 at 30/$) plus a 35% copay? I'm better off in the States, where I am covered 100% by Medicare and Plan F, no copay, no deductibles, can go directly to any specialist and almost any hospital I want, for $3300 annual premium (of which 1/3 is paid by Social Security, so my out-of-pocket premium is actually $2200). If I were under 65--well... I was covered by a US company in the Middle East.

I posted this before, so I am repeating myself.  Happens with age.

 

As I type this, I am in the USA, where I have been since January.  My January USA trip was expected to be two months.  After Covid hit, I thought I would return to Thailand end of July; and then end of August.

 

I've been living in Thailand since I married in 2003, although I was a frequent visitor prior.

 

My insurance actually covers Covid hospitalizations (confirmed through the company).  But I do not have any interest in returning to Thailand in the foreseeable future.  I miss my wife terribly, but we video chat twice a day and I can live with that for a while.

 

The thought of the restrictions, tracking, visa issues, checkpoints and overall insanity, encourages me to stay in the USA and work.  I never thought I would choose to stay longer in the USA than necessary -- but I also never thought a pandemic would exist is my lifetime.

 

I feel for those of you who are dying to return to Thailand.  I wish you the best.

This is of course for the duration of the global Covid-19 pandemic...which BTW much of the world is still fighting and in some cases losing badly. I expect cross border travel for the next 2 years to be essentially impossible so batten down the hatches and bunker in to Thailand. There are not many countries who offer travel without restrictions now anyway, it's not like Thailand is the only one. As a responsible person, I have 2 mil of Aetna coverage, in addition, when I go to extend my OA visa in October I need to add the special throwaway policy for OA holders, if I intend to travel across borders and return , I would need to add a third policy for Covid-19 100K US coverage. The entire system begs for a foreigner insurance fee, maybe 2000 baht (US  $70) baht for every tourist who comes in for 60 days or less and in addition another 2000 baht monthly for long stay Visa holders. The pool of funds then likely would be large enough to cover health care for both tourist incidents and long stayers. The system now is absurdly piecemeal and will fail soon enough. But we can expect some pain in the interim until it gets fixed. Domestic travel for the next 2 years...until at some ASEAN meeting the Thai officials get slapped down by the economic block for restraining travel and trade.

14 hours ago, peterwa1 said:

Why not require as Cambodia is   DEPOSIT 3000$ on entry to cover Covid costs   recoverable on departure

Great idea, but this would stop the 'FAT CATS' from making inordinate amounts of money from the 'Insurance premiums'. The whole thing is utterly ridiculous and as other people have pointed out will be the death-knell for the tourist industry here in Thailand. More brilliant ideas from the single cell idiots. 

Thailand can kiss the butt of Tourism forever if it carries through with this nonsense.  Let's see how the business sector reacts when they realise nobody is coming !

What happened to the 400000/40000 baht insurance requirement?

 

3 minutes ago, ryane66 said:

What happened to the 400000/40000 baht insurance requirement?

 

That still exists...now you have to buy another policy to enter the country...SMH

Well I just checked 3 insurance brokers online and the cost is 64,000 baht. As I have pre-existing conditions I was rejected last year so think I will be again. So if I fly out to UK for holiday or anything else or job interview in any country, I will not be allowed back in. So the writing is on the wall for me and many others. I wonder who will take care of my Thai family, extended and all ? I think its time to pack up and return home, as I just cannot afford to stay here any longer.