Insurance for OA visa

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4 hours ago, RocketDog said:

I got Pacific Cross two years ago for my O-A extension. Medicare doesn't cover me here,

Like you and some others here I got the 400K/40K insurance from Pacific Cross when that rule kicked in a couple of years ago.  I'm hoping I don't need the US$100K insurance until my OA-based extension in 2023 (my next one will be before the 30 Sept. 2022 date folks are talking about for extensions). 

I've looked at the PC "visa friendly" policy, which meets the US$100K requirements, and annual premiums in my age range are over 110,000 baht.  So, the upshot is that living in Thailand will become around US$4,000 per year more expensive than I had originally thought. 

 

That's doable for the moment, but since the Thai authorities are making it ever more clear that the only retirees they want settling in Thailand are the really well-to-do, there's no telling when they'll price Thailand out of reach.