@Bobby *******

yes. Thats OK for new O-A applicants. Those of us who arrived from Sydney to live and retire in Thailand many years ago still need the outpatient health insurance. In my case the 40,000 baht cover costs 32,000 baht premium with existing conditions applied so is worthless. Basically at 79 years I am paying 32,000 baht just to stay in Thailand for another year. My 20 year inpatient health policy for 1 million baht costs me 175,000 baht. Next year will be higher. Yes I can use an agent as other long term expats on O-A are doing. Like many others, I await the Immigration announcement in October that I must have 3 million baht fixed in a Thai bank account, as I will be unable to get such insurance at my age.

Assuming you have been in Thailand for some years as a single retiree? The annual extensions of stay based on original non O-A visa has different requirements at different Immigration Offices. They make their own rules. In Phuket if you were here already before 2019 regulation changes you don’t need the 400,,000 baht health insurance certificate at their office. However in Pattaya you must have the insurance certificate REGARDLESS of how long you have been living here. Non O retirees don’t need. It is so discriminatory. My friends overseas cannot believe it. Just waiting for later this year when expats over 75 have to provide USD 100,000 health insurance to stay here !!!

To Stuart Cumming Admin. Hello. I use the IO in Jomtien. I arrived in Thailand in December 2003 on a non O-A retirement visa from the Thai Consulate in Sydney. . Did a quick return trip to Australia in May 2009. Am now 78 and have had health insurance 1 m baht here since before I turned 60. From what I read above you say that compulsory health insurance certificate would not be required in my case when extending my one year stay. However the IO here insists. The new outpatient insurance of 40,000 baht costs me 32,000 baht and the exclusions make it worthless. Can you provide the actual law that supports your advice ? I would like to show it to the IO and save some money and unnecessary hassles. Thank you. This post is dated 03 March 2022.

I would not recommend AETNA.

Someone should come to Bang Saray near Pattaya. . All current regulations and laws are totally disregarded with no intervention. Groups of Thai people gathering without masks or social distancing. What a joke !

Who is Doctor Donna ?

@Michael *******

sorry. I thought it was Thai Visa ( ASEAN NOW). Apologies.

@Francis *******

cannot state here. Wish I could but the law says otherwise.

I would like to answer your question by advising one company to stay away from. However the Admins have advised I cannot do this. Probably because that company is one of their sponsors ?

@Sammy ******

can I correct you about BUPA/AETNA ? They give cover for life if you joined them before 60, not 65 as you mentioned. I joined 20 years ago at age 59 and no exclusions as I was healthy at that time. Now 78 and the annual premium is 207,000 baht. And going up. BUPA gave great service. Not so with AETNA in my opinion.