arjay wrote:Stan, Cost depends on age and level of cover selected. Better if I Pm you contact details tomorrow. Rj

Would appreciate them to Arjay. Thanks.

save the pm's and just post, as i am curious myself, although not a big insurance fan. thanks in advance. or fill my in on the to: pm

Found out yesterday that you can get your local amphur to send round the mosquito sprayer for free.Thats in Nong Khai so Udon would be the same i would think.Home and businesses are to be done,no charge even inside the town limits.

AIA insurance does come bundled with 200,000 of life insurance and also pays out 1000 Baht a day cash for each day in hospital.Kids premiums are around 6000/7000 Baht for a 1600 Baht room.

If you could have heard the child screaming next door to me it would focus your mind too.Took four attempts to get my IV drip in due to weak veins walls and there are so many blood tests too.Just too much for a small child.

Regarding Medical Insurance, I have taken out cover through E-Insure Thailand. The guy I dealt with is Tony Dabbs. He is based in Bangkok, but can be contacted/communicated by email, fax or telephone.

May I say I am not an agent and have no vested interest, other than it worked for me.

His contact details are: Tony Dabbs
Tel: 081 927 0829
Fax: 02 574 4547
Email: insure@e-insurethailand.com

Their website is: www.e-insurethailand.com

If you access via the above Homepage, you will need to then click on Thai Health Insurance, under the second Insurance Product box down on the leftside. Alternatively, to go straight to the types of cover available and premiums, it is quicker and easier to go straight to this webpage:

http://www.e-insurethailand.com/?page=Thai%20Health

He recommends the "Wealthy Healthy" product. You can select the level of cover, which is based on the nightly cost you want to cover. They generally recommend level WH 3000, which covers 3000 baht per night. That figure should include the room cost per night plus the nursing figure and meals.

So for example, after accessing the above page, click on "Wealthy Healthy", and then on the "3000" figure in red lower down the Wealthy Healthy page, and that will give you the premuims and levels of cover for the particular level of cover (3000 baht per night level).

At AEK for example based on a 1200 baht per night room, the Nursing charges of 600 baht and Meals of 210 baht would need to be added in, bringing the total nightly cost to 2100 baht.

The policy above won't cover people over 70 years of age, but Tony says if you contact him, he can offer cover through alternative companies who do.

PS. He speaks American English!

Just been chatting to my gardener who,apparently,had the "bleeding from every orifice" version of Dengue Fever.It goes by the Thai name "khai leut ork" which literally means blood leaving fever.