New 300 THB entry fee to help cover uninsured foreign tourists who fail to pay medical bills

[Graham n So]

Why not just put up a big sign "Welcome Rich Falang You Rich Pay Here" .

[elliss]

7 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

 

But then again, I am NOT a tourist AND I am fully insured. Will I be treated like every other foreign visitor and have to pay up? How will that scheme distinguish between tourists and expats? It probably won't. Just as always.

 

        Tourist and expats,   have a common identity .

       Aliens .    So sorry to burst your bubble...555

        

[Graham n So]

Will expats pay if they have house papers?

[bwpage3]

Reading all these comments, you would forget we are talking about Thailand.

 

When exactly has Thailand ever imposed a fee that helped tourists or anyone else for that matter?

 

Do you honestly expect for 300 baht you will be insured? Do you really believe that?

 

Try to remember where you are and the types of politicians you are dealing with.

[PEE TEE]

4 minutes ago, Graham n So said:

Will expats pay if they have house papers?

I think it just refers to tourist 

[Lingba]

well IMO if people skip out of their bills the hospitals will be lucky to see any of this money, as it won't get past the greedy hands that stand before them..also what about people that do have and pay for their own insurance...why should they now have to subsidize anyone else?...I understand its just 300 baht but its the principal and I think they should be exempt.

[UncleMhee]

3 minutes ago, PEE TEE said:

9 minutes ago, Graham n So said:

Will expats pay if they have house papers?

I think it just refers to tourist 

Irrespective of what many may like to think, that's all most of us are regardless of years here or whatever fancy nomenclature your permission to stay may say. 

[bangsaenguy]

Are the Burmese who cross regularly required to pay out of their pocket or will the fee come from the BiB bribe?

[sanuk711]

1 hour ago, Dmitry2222 said:

Some nationals - for free.

From Thailand--Thai's you mean, --yes my wife (before covid) often use to go there , great wines, very cheap spirits. The Australians use to get $10 cheaper as they funded the (friendship)  bridge. The amount of traffic crossing can really clog it up, sometimes leaving the tourist to wait in the heat. Hopefully the new rail will ease all that.

[Woolsgibb60]

How about all the Thais who live in the u.k and Europe who get a 2 year visa who can work on at visa they work 1 year and then intitle to all the benefits free hospitals free doctors i dont see the thai government  complaining about at

[cucme]

No problem, feed some greedy dependents

[Morty T]

8 hours ago, Aforek said:

People will have to show their passport, easy to see who is expat or tourist 

I would do that at National Parks and sites too....didn't matter. Still paid more. 

[Thomas J]

[bristolgeoff]

When I travel or stay in thailand,I have travel insurance always.This is another  tax and people who have no travel insurance will beg on go fund me as usual please help I  had accident and no money

[Mr Meeseeks]

Are the foreigners skipping out on government hospitals? 

 

Surely private hospitals aren't getting bailed out by the government too?

[Clarkey611]

2 hours ago, tinca tinca said:

another money making rackett !!!!!

like yrs ago WE had to pay 500 baht to get out of thailand !!!

now it is is in the air ticket price

My latest ticket shows under taxesthat the current rate is: THB PD 700TS.

 

 

[Thomas J]

4 minutes ago, bristolgeoff said:

When I travel or stay in thailand,I have travel insurance always.This is another  tax and people who have no travel insurance will beg on go fund me as usual please help I  had accident and no money

The point is that tourists now can not get into Thailand without medical insurance. 

[desert dueller]

Not enough dosh in the kitty yet for tourism sites? I thought charging 10 fold of the Thai locals' entry fees etc would have done the trick. Has Mercedes had a price increase recently on their Maybach models?

[Ventenio]

I haven't had insurance in over 10-years.

 

5 accidents, all major

17 gofundme accounts.  

 

Oh, I'm fine, thanks for asking.....and I have an extra 4.8 million in the bank. a few kind souls sent me some bitcoins.

 

sorry, private jet is fueled and ready to go.   

 

 

[D M G]

Economy Trashed Tactic, not Economy Trashed Strategy

[David T Pike]

Wait a minute! I thought you could not come into the country w/o health insurance! What am I missing? ????

[Harry Fingerling]

Another nail in the potential tourists coffin. You honestly couldn’t write it. 

[Madeline Thompson]

Excellent idea - this makes sense.  It is minimal amount of money to tourists

and on a large scale, it will help allay those costs.

[RR2020]

So now all tourists can refuse to pay for medical treatment as they are insured ???????

 

• Sounds good.......  300 baht only and free medical  ????

[Patong2021]

3 hours ago, SupermarineS6B said:

No wonder Thailand has lost all its shine reading some of the posts here........ Makes me wonder why people travel, basically just exporting the misery from where they came from.......  I'm so glad i saw Thailand and lots of other countries before the righteous took over.......     What a sad vindictive place the world's turning into...... mixed in with rampant greed and fools backing them up........   Doing a runner from hospitals ?  You try it...... Crossing any border in Thailand with as much as suspicion on your sheet and you're banged up, no questions asked......      

 

Yes, people do runners or do not pay and hide.. Did you miss previous stories on foreigners who leave hospitals with unpaid bills?  

FOREIGN TOURISTS failed to pay a combined Bt300 million in medical bills after receiving treatment in state hospitals last year -  Mar 10. 2019  The Nation Thailand.

 

You  say difficult to cross any border in Thailand. For real? How did all those gangsters in motorcycle gangs from Sweden, Denmark, Norway  enter? What about the gangsters from UK and Australia who were coming and going? And what about thousands of illegal workers coming in and out? Thailand border is like sex worker under garment - open for business if price is right.

 

[EricTh]

It's a good idea. There're just too many backpackers hanging out on Khao San Road with no money for anything except for cheap food and accommodation.

Edited January 15, 2021 by EricTh

[biggles45]

Just how many Western tourists have not been asked to prove they can pay before they are treated? Most if this money would be for illegals who walk over the border and as they dont arrive by plane they wont pay the 300bt

[Deerculler]

The idea has been put foreward so it is a step in the right direction.

Why do so many have a negative attitude towards life and what goes on?

  Be positive about life and wait and see.

For goodness chaps. Be happy.

[SiSePuede419]

300B for Uninsured foreign tourists who think they're too good to go to Government hospitals, but are really broke, freeloaders who were probably criminals back in their home countries.

 

Fixed it. ????

 

 

[bangon04]

"Travellers will need to pay it on each and every entry according to reports. Payment will likely be in the form of a stealth tax applied when someone purchases a flight to Thailand. "

So it is another Airport Tax aimed at people who arrive by air.