On 3/24/2026 at 5:43 PM, scubascuba3 said:

To go privately in UK it's similar to cost of private in Thailand, even government hospitals have put their prices up, a very good quality Indian hospital is cheaper than Queen Sirikit in Sattahip

as I said EU !

UK isnt't part of it.

On 3/24/2026 at 2:25 PM, Jingthing said:

If you're talking about non EU expats to EU nations, yes all the EU countries require (at least initially depending on their system) buying private health insurance. But based on age and health conditions not to mention cost, that isn't always possible.

Working in The EU will give you the mandatory Health Insurance until you die. If you get pension from there you are entitled to get Health Insurance too. For free in many cases

On 3/20/2026 at 11:49 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Irrelevant - folk who are have already paid tax on income, then double pay when transfering it to Thailand.

Calling it 'income' is false in many cases - its savings - so really its not a tax on overseas income - its a tax on transfers from overseas - which IMO is quite unfair.

That said - there are ways around it - i.e. gifting money to the wife - but then there are nuances regarding how that is spent.

Another option - transfer in via crypto - though I'm not sure how that can be checked these days.

I doubt, Crypto is a solution.

Of course you can tranfer "money" without traces. However, when you at the point to have "real money" in your hands, it will be difficult to explain it came from heaven.

15 minutes ago, D Peter said:

as I said EU !

UK isnt't part of it.

and I originally said Europe not EU and UK is in Europe so you know

22 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

and I originally said Europe not EU and UK is in Europe so you know

my grandma would call it nitpicking..........Do you have anything substantial to say? 🥱