I know a lady from the UK who works full-time in a Thai government office as a supervisor. Presumably she is on a yearly contract. I know that she gets a flight home included every year. But, she gets no SS cover and she has to pay privately to see doctors.

I am retired from teaching in Thailand but I still pay 436b per month under the normal scheme. I can go to Chula Hospital for any illness or disease. I may need to pay extra for certain things, like titanium staples, but I have had "free" cardiac procedures and other things.

Why is my lady friend not getting covered? She has worked in Thailand for 10 years or more. Why am I 'different'?

Eddy

Maybe you are hansome

I think it's because she's a government employee. I'm not sure of the details but I think Thai employees in the government sector have a different type of coverage. I wouldn't be surprised if as a foreigner on a yearly contract, she doesn't come under this scheme.

Farang? Do you mean foreign or do you mean European or...........what? Do not use demeaning language. What next? I know a kuffir women! Please think about using the lowest form of description which is border line rascist as is Paki or Fuzzy Wuzzy.

You are not "different", you are typical of all the people employed (formally) in Thailand. It is the woman you speak of who is different, and it might be because she is employed by a government agency. Civil servants come under a special (and quite generous) SS scheme but this would not extend to a contract hire and possibly they have no arrangement in place to make salary witholdings/payments to the main SS system. She should call the SS office to find out whether this can be done by a government agency and if so, get help in persuading her employer to do so. http://www.sso.go.th/wpr/eng/contactus.html