you probably know all the

pros including cheaper

housing, friendly people,

and culture. As to the cons, air quality,

floods, public road safety

and road/ pavement conditions

need your attention (just

look up internet for more info/details).

Air quality can be checked

real time downloading

some apps. For long

stayers, there are some

reporting requirements

such as 90days report on

residence, which is not very

convenient. Starting this

year, new tax on remitted

income earned abroad , could have some tax implication for monthly remittance

@Julie *****

health insurance excludes all pre existing conditions and any illness arising out subsquently, also some have protection ceiling.

maybe it means govt indirectly subsidize expats here (tourists and retirees) as govt hospitals and clinics are heavily funded by thai govt, i once visited a govt clinic (only once so far), the cost is unbelievably low 60baht compared to private hospital which often charged at least or about 1000baht, visit a specialist and it is 2000 in private hospital (tests and pills not included)

the required coverage increased from 0 baht to three million (7 fold)

@Steve *********

what i found , the alleged rationale for imposing mandatory health insurance for retirees in 2019

33-details-of-mandatory-health-insurance-for-non-imm-o-a-visas-to-be-announced-next-week/

as to mandatory retirement insurance:

thai govt should require every

tourists to buy health insurance

or contribute to a broad fund

set up by the govt for this

purpose. There are always

news that Thai public health

system spent too much on

foreigners or default withouT

settling the bill after treatment. which led to

immigration required OA retirees to buy

mandatory health insurance, however, the particular case in nov 2023

of a british man suffered from leukemia and unable to settle Thai hospital bill of about british pound sterling (reported in bangkokpost and thaiger)shows that mandatory

insurance for retirees simplily could not help

govt to reduce public health expense, but the

retirees suffer due to extremely high

insurance fee (comes with old age) and the

exclusion on pre conditions and all illness

that may arise from pre conditions, but are

retirees more susceptible to the latter illness

than other new medical problems, for

example, if common healtH priblems such as

diabetes, high blood pressure, and chlestrol

are all excluded from protection, maybe the

health insurance only useful for some cancers

such as lung cancer or PSA problem?

this case supports Thai govt intention to impose tourist tax to offset medical expense spent for foreigners

76-british-citizen-stranded-in-thai-hospital-with-a-0-baht-plea-to-escape/ (and required bank deposit or proof of monthly income)

you probably know all the

pros including cheaper

housing, friendly people,

and culture. As you mentioned weather, you probably have some concern on: air quality,

floods, public road safety

and pavement or road conditions here

(just

look up internet for details).

Air quality can be checked

real time downloading

some apps. For long

stayers, there are some

reporting requirements

such as 90days report on

residence, which is not very

convenient. Starting next

year, new tax on remitted

income earned abroad.

will there be impact by new tax law just started this year? for the income method

will there be new tax law impact if the is not pension that maybe exempted from tax?