Post by Soutpeel on Aug 6, 2017 14:33:32 GMT 7
Farang insurance dilemmas building up
The news that all foreign tourists to Thailand will soon need to obtain travel insurance to enter the country is causing the usual confusion from leaked sources.
Thai public sector hospitals have complained for many years that they are having to fund the medical costs of foreigners who need treatment and can produce neither the cash nor a valid insurance letter. Estimates of the true costs vary but the total is probably in the region of three billion baht annually.
It seems that, from an unknown starting date, all tourists (likely defined as those able to stay between 15 days and three months before being required to leave) will need to show on arrival a valid travel insurance document which has either been bought in advance or obtained at the airport or border post from a dispensing machine. Travel insurance is not the same as full medical insurance and normally covers only matters such as delayed travel, loss of luggage and emergency treatment for accidents. It does not cover pre-existing medical conditions.
pattayaone.news/en/farang-insurance-dilemmas-building/
The news that all foreign tourists to Thailand will soon need to obtain travel insurance to enter the country is causing the usual confusion from leaked sources.
Thai public sector hospitals have complained for many years that they are having to fund the medical costs of foreigners who need treatment and can produce neither the cash nor a valid insurance letter. Estimates of the true costs vary but the total is probably in the region of three billion baht annually.
It seems that, from an unknown starting date, all tourists (likely defined as those able to stay between 15 days and three months before being required to leave) will need to show on arrival a valid travel insurance document which has either been bought in advance or obtained at the airport or border post from a dispensing machine. Travel insurance is not the same as full medical insurance and normally covers only matters such as delayed travel, loss of luggage and emergency treatment for accidents. It does not cover pre-existing medical conditions.
pattayaone.news/en/farang-insurance-dilemmas-building/
