Health insurance for Thais in Thailand

[md110]

Thinking about getting health insurance for my Thai girlfriend, so was wondering does anybody have any experiences and recommendations.

Been looking at Bupa plans and noticed that as a major exclusion they list treatment arising from sexually transmitted diseases. What does that mean that if I get some STD they are not covering the diagnostic procedure/testing for it and medications? What’s the use of that kind of coverage?

Also do Thai citizens have some kind of free basic health insurance and where can I get more info about specifics, what is covered etc.( will google it but was wondering if anybody here has first-hand experience / knowledge)

 

Any help much appreciated

[ricktoronto]

Thais have a rather good plan for social medicine and the TG ought to know how it works and probably has it.

 

Testing for the suite of STDs costs around 600 Baht ($20) at Lifecare in Pattaya and treatment is not likely to be much more than $50 or so (for Ceftriaxone, Penicillin or Azithromycin) , so that insurance is not a huge issue is it?

 

NB: Condoms are a lot less expensive and way less painful than Gonhorrea.

[niccodemi]

Majority of Thais are covered by universal 30 THB scheme. You can find more details on this website.

[soi16]

There is a clinic on 3th road near to soi Leng Kee where everything is free for thais even medicines.

[Kurt Belyeu]

I found the local policies lacking so I went ahead and added the missus to my health plan for about 100 bucks a month.. the plan covers 1 million sterling and world wide coverage.  If you don't have this option I would suggest you speak with someone like the guys at AAinsure.net and figure out which option is best.

 

Kurt