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Insurance: if you break your leg, or worse, in Thailand, you're going to cost a lot more than if you're in the next town over.
by polotics 4y ago
Insurance: if you break your leg, or worse, in Thailand, you're going to cost a lot more than if you're in the next town over.
- neural_thing 4y agoIs that true? I'd guess that Thai medicine is a lot cheaper. I have digital nomad-style insurance and I kind of assume that my co-pays will be less than those in the US. American Healthcare is crazy expensive. Anecdote: I once got sick in Luxembourg (pretty expensive country overall) without health insurance. Saw a doctor in the format of urgent care. Got prescribed antibiotics + something else. Total cost for doc + drugs was 40 euros. No way I get off that easily in the States.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoAnecdote: I went to see a doctor in California without health insurance. Saw a doctor in the format of urgent care. [Actually, I'm not sure of this - it's pretty likely, but there's a chance I saw them by appointment.] Got prescribed nothing. ("We call this desquamation. It means it's peeling. We don't know why.") Total cost for the visit + nothing was zero dollars.
- doix 4y agoBreaking your leg in Thailand is much cheaper than breaking your leg in the USA. I strongly doubt insurance comes into it. It'll be tax and legal liability.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThose computations get more complicated as you get older, but if you are young or just not over 45, you can generally pay for your medical care out of pocket in Thailand.
- polotics 4y agoWell I meant "or worse": costs baloon quickly if you have to be repatriated by flying ambulance...
- philliphaydon 4y agoI broke my arm in Thailand and had to have metal plates put in. $16,000 SGD. Thankfully it was 100% covered by my insurance in Singapore.