Its too expensive I may leave

[Stevemercer]

18 hours ago, advancebooking said:

I read your comment with interest. I used to work at a govt uni in isan and when quitting I joined the SS scheme 420 baht a month. I have access to a large public hospital. Is this the same for you? 

 

Are you saying that your meds are for free in the public hospital system. Re wait times, I have found they are quite long in my public hospital that I have access to. 

Yes, it is much the same for me, but you can register at other specialist government hospitals if you need. I'm registered at the local town hospital, 2 public hospitals in Mahasarakham and 2 in Khon Kaen.

 

Yes, the wait times can be long, but if you get referred to a specialist you can normally get an appointment to see them within a week. If you have regular apointments, you can usually suss out the best time to turn up. For example, I have a regular, 3 monthly appointment for the eye doctor. She normally see over 100 patients and most Thais turn up early. I usually turn up abut 3:00 pm, when most people have gone and don't have to wait long.

 

Yes, meds are free through the public hospital system. I currently have three different bottles of eye drops per month (you get 3 months worth at a time at the hospital pharmacy). The subsidised cost in Australia is equivalent to 2,500 Baht per month for the medications, plus about 5,000 Baht co-payment for the doctor visit every 3 months. Here it is all free.

 

I also have private insurance in Thailand, but I recently turned 65. The premium doubled from 25,000 per year to 50,000 Baht. I'm yet to use that insurance, but will keep paying the premium as long as I can afford it. 

[Pattaya57]

Since the OP is obviously very poor only making $5 an hour mopping floors for the Australian Public Service and needs a zimmer to walk around and can't afford a baht bus, I think we should all pitch in to help him have a better holiday.

 

I have some 7-eleven stamps he can have to help get by. Stamps are worth 1 and 3 baht at any 7-Eleven 😉

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Pattaya57

[advancebooking]

58 minutes ago, Stevemercer said:

Yes, it is much the same for me, but you can register at other specialist government hospitals if you need. I'm registered at the local town hospital, 2 public hospitals in Mahasarakham and 2 in Khon Kaen.

 

Yes, the wait times can be long, but if you get referred to a specialist you can normally get an appointment to see them within a week. If you have regular apointments, you can usually suss out the best time to turn up. For example, I have a regular, 3 monthly appointment for the eye doctor. She normally see over 100 patients and most Thais turn up early. I usually turn up abut 3:00 pm, when most people have gone and don't have to wait long.

 

Yes, meds are free through the public hospital system. I currently have three different bottles of eye drops per month (you get 3 months worth at a time at the hospital pharmacy). The subsidised cost in Australia is equivalent to 2,500 Baht per month for the medications, plus about 5,000 Baht co-payment for the doctor visit every 3 months. Here it is all free.

 

I also have private insurance in Thailand, but I recently turned 65. The premium doubled from 25,000 per year to 50,000 Baht. I'm yet to use that insurance, but will keep paying the premium as long as I can afford it. 

 

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that one could register at more than 1 hospital. I will ask about this at the local SS office. 

 

Im the same as you re turning up after lunch. No way will I wait all morning. Complete waste of time. 

 

Why bother with throwing away 50k? I suppose thats not much if its 50k a year. But not 50k a month 

 

[georgegeorgia]

20 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

Since the OP is obviously very poor only making $5 an hour mopping floors for the Australian Public Service and needs a zimmer to walk around and can't afford a baht bus, I think we should all pitch in to help him have a better holiday.

 

I have some 7-eleven stamps he can have to help get by. Stamps are worth 1 and 3 baht at any 7-Eleven 😉

 

Thanks for bringing these stamps up in topic

I have no idea why they 711 give them to me ,I rejected them.

How do you use these ??

How many do I need to collect ?

Edited 2 hours ago by georgegeorgia

[Jan Dietz]

2 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Thanks for bringing these stamps up in topic

I have no idea why they give them to me ,I rejected them.

How do you use these ??

Just bring them in and present them with your next purchase.

[Pattaya57]

37 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Thanks for bringing these stamps up in topic

I have no idea why they 711 give them to me ,I rejected them.

How do you use these ??

How many do I need to collect ?

You're claiming poor and yet giving baht away 😀

 

They are same as coins. The bottom right hand red circle has a 1 or 3 in Thai and that's what it's worth (3 in Thai is like a sideways 3, while 1 is the circle thingy)

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Pattaya57

[Pattaya57]

Am I being mean, I can't help it but to flash my 7/11 wealth 😉