No idea what the issue is exactly.

You still going to have to deposit 800k when you apply, unless you use an agent... so depends on if you have savings.

sorry, i'm not suffering from anything. but for you would be good when asking for advise to give specifics. in your case, it's VA "i.e. US government policy" and there is a VA in Thailand you can register with... so what you looking for is not regular insurance, but insurance through the VA in Thailand "which one could not reasonably assume from your post". however if you go to a regular insurance company, pre-existing conditions would definitely apply, they don't care if you are a veteran or not. So unclear why you'd even bring up pre-existing conditions to begin with. Also I know people who have VA insurance in Thailand, and I'm certain VA only covers Medical conditions from when in the military, and not certain they're going to cover diabetes for you, however fell free to have your own delusions about that... i.e. others I know have the VA there, and private insurance for other issues unrelated to their military service.

whats to explain. they will insist to get your medical records from your home country, and then any pre-existing conditions will be called out on your policy that that's not covered. even in US except for company "group" policies and medicare is exactly the same. Insurance companies, to the surprise of many is a "for profit" enterprise.

No insurance, we'll except for government sponsored that covers pre existing conditions.

They will eventually find out from your records. They specifically exclude pre existing conditions but will cover everything else.

@Paul *******

i think you misunderstood my comment

Local flights within the country are one thing. International flights I'm not sure there's any way to do in cabin. I was directly behind a woman with a very small dog in the approved carrier upon boarding and flight attendant told her to return to the boarding gate, wasn't interested at all about paperwork. Never saw her board the flight afterwards. I fly International a lot, and have never seen a pet on board so far

Are you able to have your pet in cabin or need to do freight?? Better double check on this as it seems very difficult for international travel

13 years and complaining... get a proper visa

Probably want to do some research first on your plan. #1 the initial retirement visa always requires the full 800k in a thai bank. #2 usa and UK and some others, your embassy will not certify your funds, which is a requirement, no way around that. This a all fairly well documented in this group and other online sources.

If you do work inside your house, unless you plan to rat on yourself... who knows? Also it's not just qualified English teachers, but always some type of highly skilled work, which there is a shortage of thais, but again that's for a work permit. If you here on retirement or many other forms of visa, it's not possible. You either here claiming retirement or working, there's no hybrid models.