Thai Politicians Abuse Health Insurance

[george]

Insurers Shun 'Sick Note' Politicians

BANGKOK: - Insurers are refusing to give health care cover to Thai politicians because many are checking into hospitals instead of hotels during trips around the country and then claiming the money back, the parliament's speaker said. "Some checked into hospitals despite being well. I don't know if it was because they did not want to pay hotel expenses or not," Friday's Bangkok Post cited Uthai Pimchaichon as saying.

"When they asked for compensation, the insurer felt it was not right and refused to pay," Uthai said.

Following a complaint by one politician about poor health insurance, Uthai told parliamentarians they only had themselves to blame because many insurers thought it was not commercially viable to offer their services to parliament.

Thai members of parliament earn around 60,000 baht per month, about the same as mid-level managers in private companies, but only about half the salary of their counterparts in neighboring impoverished Cambodia.

But most still have millions of baht at their disposal for election campaigning, political analysts say.

--Agencies 2004-02-21

[NedKelly]

Someone should 'accidentally' perform a gander re-assignment or frontal lobotomy on a few of the pollies. That will stop them checking in for the night. Hotels also charge a joiner fee for 'visitors' ....... maybe the hospitals dont charge this.......or the nurses do it for free !!

[cdnvic]

Hotels also charge a joiner fee for 'visitors' ....... maybe the hospitals dont charge this.......or the nurses do it for free !!

What, you thought those pullys and stirups were for medical use?

cv

[Suzy]

There's nothing very surprising about this news. After all, Thai politicians abuse everything else they lay their hands on - starting with the laws of the country.

[snowleopard]

BANGKOK: - Insurers are refusing to give health care cover to Thai politicians because many are checking into hospitals instead of hotels

"Some checked into hospitals despite being well.

But most still have millions of baht at their disposal for election campaigning

The diagnosis is that the political system is acutely SICK;and Thai politicians are chronic SICKOS!

Snowleopard.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Someone should 'accidentally' perform a gander re-assignment or frontal lobotomy on a few of the pollies. That will stop them checking in for the night. Hotels also charge a joiner fee for 'visitors' ....... maybe the hospitals dont charge this.......or the nurses do it for free !! 

and a goose re-assignment too