Thailand to demand proof of health insurance for 'risky' long-term visitors

📆 10/9/2019 5:23 PM
📰 The Straits Times

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BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Foreigners in the 'risky' over-50 age group will have to present proof of health insurance when applying for Thai long-term non-immigrant visas, a minister said on Wednesday (Oct 9), so the government doesn't have to pick up their medical bills.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BANGKOK - Foreigners in the"risky" over-50 age group will have to present proof of health insurance when applying for Thai long-term non-immigrant visas, a minister said on Wednesday , so the government doesn't have to pick up their medical bills.

Thailand, a South-east Asian tourist destination popular with ageing Westerners, currently has to pay around 500 million baht a year in medical bills for foreigners over 50, he said, an age group the government describes as"risky".

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