@Paulus ********

easy? Good to know, thank you

@Steve *********

seriously? Non O, Money into Thai Bank, Find a reputable and decent agent and for a nominal fee, they can take care of everything else ongoing?

Would we have to leave the country every 90 days or so?

@Nigel *******

about the public/ government hospitals

@Craig *******

thank you and yes, very valid points,

In fairness, my original question was based on peoples experience on using the public/ government hospitals 👍🏼

@Nigel *******

thank you, please tell me more

@Eric ******

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thank You 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@Mark ********

aaaaah yes, I see, thank you 👍🏼

PLEASE, This is not about money, it is not about trying avoid health insurance or bucking the system, it is not about trying to manipulate coverage from the UKs NHS that we would not be entitled to, it’s not about selling or renting out my home back in the UK

My concern is, having moved/ settled and lived in Thailand for a number of years, through no fault of our own (no criminal act etc) could we risk our visa being rejected forcing us to leave the country

The response from Alistair pretty much answers my concern for which I am truly grateful

A classic example, a few hours ago, 74 year old man, overstayed his visa by 38 (let’s not assume why, we do not know the reasons) he’s been arrested and will most likely be deported. If something changes outside of our control, this could happen to anyone at anytime

@Tulip *******

so that would not cover us living permanently in Thailand then? 🤔

I totally understand why people return to the uk for treatment etc, that’s all well and good but what if you do not have anything to return too.

For us, not having any family in the Uk, we would have to fly back, stop in a hotel/ B&B and then do whatever we had come back for hence my concern

I agree with the majority, having paid into the system for 30+ years I feel it’s a poor show to then be penalised because we moved abroad, especially as you rightly say, we would still be subject to uk tax on our pensions