You said they are saying, "you may not get fleeced by our hospitals if you pay our insurance 'tax' ..." whereas what they (the current government) are saying is that there will be no insurance tax so long as they are in power.buksida wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:40 amIf you read it, it says it has been sidelined while they look for an alternative so a tax/insurance for foreigners is still on the cards.GroveHillWanderer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 7:24 pm Not sure if you caught it in the article, but the proposed 300 Baht tourist tax/levy has been dropped.
A 'tax' is just a fee where the government takes money, and an 'insurance' gives the illusion that the payer is getting something back. So it'll probably be under this guise though not offering much - a bit like the fake health insurance many have to pay now to renew non-O visas.
As the article states, "the government is shelving the 300-baht fee scheme during its administration [and] the ministry must seek a new plan to protect tourists."
All the alternatives they are looking at involve central government funding.
So it might be on the cards for later - after a new government comes in but for now (at least according to what is written in the article) it is off the table indefinitely.