Thanks, I'm going to be on American Medicare in a few months which I know the original Medicare doesn't cover me in a foreign country. I'll actually be on a Medicare Advantage plan which will cover emergency and urgent care outside of the US but I don't guess that would satisfy the Thai O-A visa requirements. Therefore, I would have to buy one of the Thai plans. My original plan was to split time between Thailand and the US. I understand that is not currently easily doable but I'm trying to make several contingency plans hoping that conditions will change in the next 6 to 12 months. Thanks again for your help.

@Tod ********

Thanks. So if I initially entered on a valid O-A visa and had eight months remaining on my insurance I would get stamped in for 8 months? If I then left and re-entered 6 months later without modifying the insurance I would only get stamped in for the two remaining months of the insurance? However, if I updated my insurance for 12 months immediately before re-entry I would get stamped in for 12 months? Do you know if the standard insurance policy is always for a 12 month period and when updated is also for 12 months. Or can it be done less than that at a certain designated number of months?

@Tod ********

When reentering Thailand does the insurance have to be good for 12 months from the reentry date? How do they confirm the insurance on reentry? I'm not familiar with the way Thai insurance works. Is it normally a one year policy paid upfront? If they require a full 12 months from reentry does that mean you would have to update the policy immediately before reentry?