@David **********

Don't know about hundreds a month increase, more like £20 to maybe as high as £45 a month depending on inflation or average wage increases, which ever is the highest. Or if 2.5% is higher than both inflation or average wage rises, then that's all you get. I presume your not from the UK, otherwise you'd be aware that state pensions, unless your one of the boys, IE., top civil servants, MPs or Lords, increases are not much.

@Brian *******

If your not honest 😂😂😂

@David **********

It's not tax fraud, it is pension fraud, two different departments but fraud all the same and I have been led to believe there's plenty of UK pensioners doing it, not just in Thailand, but in other countries. Using relatives addresses in the UK as their residency and telling the DWP nothing. To be honest I don't blame them. The Governments are treating UK pensions like they are means tested benefits. Your UK state pension is a pension scheme you have had to pay into compulsory for decades. Freezing it for some pensioners, but not others that live overseas is discrimination all day long. What the government should do is scrap the triple lock and only give it to pensioners that are in receipt of pension credit. All other pensioners including all overseas pensioners should get a 2.5% increase annually. Rough annual cost would be anything between £120 & £130 million for the overseas pensioners increase. Considering most pensioners of today had to pay into the state pension scheme for 40+ years, paying them 2.5% increase annually would be peanuts compared to the £10 billion a year the government doesn't seem to have a problem shelling out to keep illegal gimmegrants that haven't paid for the privilege of living in the UK. Your a damn site better off being an illegal than a law abiding National here in the UK.

Long way to go for some fornification 😆

@Chris *********

At last someone sensible on this subject. If I was in Thailand and had plenty of money, or had a health insurance plan, I'd want to go to a Government hospital purely on moral grounds. Also I wonder if insurance companies would even entertain paying for Government hospital bills? 🤔 🤔 🤔. The plot thickens 🤔🤔🤔

@Richard *******

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 true.

@Joseph ********

Unless your over 70 and stinking rich.

@Janin *****

Majority of people who get sick, it's a progressive illness, so as long as your fit enough to travel get in a plane home. Accident insurance is a different beast. If you intend driving either a car or motorbike make sure your licence is valid with the insurance companies and only take out first class insurance.

@Jacob *******

Very true. If people are paranoid about their health and having health insurance they'd be better staying in their own country if it has universal health cover.

@Heath **********

That's pretty much the same with all insurance claims. An insurance claim assessors job is to try and pay out as little as possible, if anything when someone makes a claim.