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RE: Thailand to require health insurance for 1-year visa extensions
The way you explain it your theory makes sense. As an outsider looking in i would have thought any person on a visa would need to have health insurance to cover anything anyway. I was looking at Malta and they require by law that if you come to live they demand that you have a policy to cover themselves from your costs.
yes, i can see that side of things for sure but here is the thing: Health care in this country is NOT expensive except for very awful situations like needing brain surgery and what not. To put it in perspective: I broke 3 bones in my foot in a motorcycle crash something like 10 years ago - between the x-rays, the cast, the pills, the everything from start to finish, at the nicest hospital that they had in Krabi, i had to pay around $150 total from start-to-finish.
All of these expats that they are targeting (well i suppose I can't speak for everyone) can handle these sorts of expenses and the new rule wouldn't apply to anyone on a tourist visa anyway - which is a vast majority of the travelers here.
I would say we can probably look for them to introduce that into their future plan after they implement this stage :(
I found Malta more expensive to live in than what London was.
That is interesting to know as I have been looking at Malta. I never knew this and will have too do some more homework.
In Europe if you want to be by the sea side and live there for more than a few months, I would pick Croatia even if I haven't been there yet 🤪
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