Affordable Health Insurance For Expats

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Ah found it amongst the offers of millions of £ from my Nigerian friends!
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I'm in the mix now. E-mail arrived today.
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Now received the follow up email giving the application process and costs, the policy will be issued by Thailand Health Insurance PCL, never heard of them and who underwrites them.?

My concern is who the hell are these Bangkok Insurance Brokers, has anyone ever dealt with them before. Would you have a leg to stand on if you made a claim? Plus every time you wanted to contact them you have tp phone, email or go to Bangkok.
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I received my follow-up let overnight. Will study it in detail when I have more time - Thursday or Friday. It's basically the only cover I can get, so I will probably go with it, but I still have to read small print, and in particular, exclusions.
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I looked for the "small print" and the exclusions in their email and the links that were provided and found no real info at all. Pre existing is always the sticking point and all I could find is that is says they are not covered which is no surprise but they did not flesh it out at all.

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centermid7 wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:14 am Pre existing is always the sticking point and all I could find is that is says they are not covered which is no surprise but they did not flesh it out at all.
That was always the big plus in the original bumph - pre-existing was going to be included with 'rules'. If that's changed, not much point me joining. Of course, I will check for myself, and enter into correspondence with them before making a final decision..
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This is the whole point of previous post, there are just to many holes in what is being proposed.
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I think it is up to everybody to do their due diligence to make sure it gives what they want. This is only a registration document - I think I will complete it regardless, and see what comes back. Only if I'm happy, will I part with any cash. I don't think I've ever seen the full policy documentation on any insurance policy until I've gone beyond this point. We shall see.
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I inquired with them but never heard back. Perhaps I'll try again but not a great beginning for their customer service.
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Self-insure...!!
Been here 15 years...no insurance, by choice.....So instead of paying the insurance company 3000/month, I have now saved 540.000 baht.
But what IF ??
The small stuff, I pay cash at the hospital/doctor/clinic.....And if I get seriously ill...let say get cancer, I will pay to stay pain free and hopefully enjoy my last days.....End of story...!!
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T.O.M. wrote: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:15 pm Self-insure...!!
Been here 15 years...no insurance, by choice.....So instead of paying the insurance company 3000/month, I have now saved 540.000 baht.
But what IF ??
The small stuff, I pay cash at the hospital/doctor/clinic.....And if I get seriously ill...let say get cancer, I will pay to stay pain free and hopefully enjoy my last days.....End of story...!!
I can see your point but what if you got serious ill in your first years you would have nothing saved then. The only way to self insure in my opinion is to deposit 1m + into an account and never touch it until it is needed for medical bills. You can't self insure by putting 3k a month into an account.

Do you now have that 540k in an account?
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Take a look at the insurance provider web site, which gives an indication of premiums. They have been in business for 33 years. Personally I can't see what benefit there is in using Bangkok Brokers instead of going direct.

https://www.thaihealth.co.th/2012/product_maxi_eng.php
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I haven't looked yet, but I'd hazard a guess that Bangkok Brokers will put everybody together and receive group benefits, which will help keep prices down.
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But their rates aren't substantially lower
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I’m afraid at 54 yrs old it doesn’t seem good value for me......perhaps if you are older! But shouldn’t they be encouraging us younger expats to join to bring down the premium?
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