Health Insurance to enter Thailand

[bkkguy]

Here is the relevant paragraph from the Thai Embassy website.

perhaps the more relevant paragraph from the Thai Embassy website is:

ThaiEmbassy.com is not the official site of the Royal Thai Embassy and is not affiliated with the government of Thailand

and interested readers should continue on and read the rest of their Disclaimer page!

of course, I am not in any way suggesting that their choice of domain name "ThaiEmbassy.com" is in any way meant to be misleading, and I am sure most people who visit, recommend or quote from the web site understand the nature of its commercial operations and still consider their content worth passing on

and while I am not in any way suggesting that this web site is in any way making undeclared income from their recommendation of certain insurance companies, remember that it is always possible to contact the insurer directly rather than clicking on links on commercial web sites that may contain affiliate links

[christianpfc]

I was going to say the same as above. The address is (deliberately?) misleading, but no embassy would write things like:

Thai immigration officials are notoriously fastidious when it comes to paperwork,...
Although this could be seen as another opportunity to make some easy profits for the insurers...
Whilst it may seem like just yet another hassle for beleaguered foreigners wanting to enter the country,...

The public health ministry of Thailand has quoted a figure for unpaid hospital bills of 448 million Baht ($14.9M) for the year up to September 2019, a huge sum.

Negligible compared to the entire income from tourism. I never understood why politics enters economy. It's the business owner's duty to make sure he gets paid. There is no insurance for unpaid restaurant or hotel bills.

[bkkguy]

There is no insurance for unpaid restaurant or hotel bills.

you had to go and point this out didn't you!

should we start a quick straw poll on when some aspiring official will recommend this as a potential new policy to help rebuild the tourism sector?

[Oliver2]

Yes....as an experiment I tried to book. Strangely enough, my Lloyds Bank insurance , underwritten by AXA, allows travel up to 80 years of age.

[aot871]

Yes....as an experiment I tried to book. Strangely enough, my Lloyds Bank insurance , underwritten by AXA, allows travel up to 80 years of age.

I'm with Barclays and its the same for me

[a447]

I intend to rely on the travel insurance attatched to my credit card.

[youneverknow]

Coverage for Covid insurance:

Tipinsure: 3.200.000 Baht
https://covid19.tgia.org/ 3.200.000 Baht
Axa Sawatdee Thailand 3.500.000 Baht

Is the requirement actually 100.000 $ or is it 3.200.000 Baht? That was the same last december, but not anymore, now it is about 95.000$.
3.500.000 is roughly 103.000 $, currently enough, but how will the exchange rate be in 1 month?

Also would be nice to have a Covid insurance that covers:
- hospital costs if asymptomatic
- unexpected quarantine when someone else on the plane gets testet positive (i guess we will have to live with this)

[goji]

Also would be nice to have a Covid insurance that covers:
- hospital costs if asymptomatic
- unexpected quarantine when someone else on the plane gets testet positive (i guess we will have to live with this)

I contacted AXA about hospital costs if asymptomatic before my last trip. They said yes, no, yes and then when I and others contacted them yet again, formally confirmed it WAS covered. That was 2020, so do check again if planning to use it.

There was the other little problem where certain people were sent off to hospital after an "inconclusive" test last year. As reported on the Facebook ASQ page. I'm not quite sure what happened there.

[Patanawet]

Forgive me if I've written this before.
The proposed 500 Baht 'landing charge' will probably not put tourists off BUT the $100,000 dollar Covid insurance will.
A few years ago, Thailand imposed a surcharge on entering of something like 300 Baht which was to cover Farang who left Thai hospitals here without paying their bills.
This again would be preferable to paying exorbitant fees to insurance companies (owned by General(s) ***?

[Blueskytoday]

No problem..I have written about it several times....PUTS ME OFF...the Covid Insurance $100,000 coverage....I have not seen anyother country
which requires this madness, if there is...only a couple....another dumb TH rule....