Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
Personally, I have no issue with the dual pricing at hospitals in Thailand.
They tell you the price upfront for everything. Going to have a X-ray? they tell you its 950 baht prior to doing it? Doctor wants bloodwork done? They tell you its 1200 baht before taking the blood.
And different hospitals have different prices. So if your at Bangkok hospital in Phuket and want a cheaper X-ray there are clinics nearby that advertise cheaper prices.
And I've almost always felt like I've received very good care.
Try getting the price for something at a hospital in the USA prior to getting treatment.
They tell you the price upfront for everything. Going to have a X-ray? they tell you its 950 baht prior to doing it? Doctor wants bloodwork done? They tell you its 1200 baht before taking the blood.
And different hospitals have different prices. So if your at Bangkok hospital in Phuket and want a cheaper X-ray there are clinics nearby that advertise cheaper prices.
And I've almost always felt like I've received very good care.
Try getting the price for something at a hospital in the USA prior to getting treatment.
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Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
Note the dual pricing, ( actually 4 tier pricing)
is ONLY at government hospitals.
private hospitals i have found the price is same for everyone..
I have no problem with this 4 tier system as well, ( those on retirement extensions are fucked) as tax payers and the government subsidizes the hospital's
even at the bottom tier, i found that the government Vachira Phuket Hospital or Thalang hospital in Phuket, is usually 50-60% of what Bangkok international charges
what i object to is their reasoning to defend it..
is ONLY at government hospitals.
private hospitals i have found the price is same for everyone..
I have no problem with this 4 tier system as well, ( those on retirement extensions are fucked) as tax payers and the government subsidizes the hospital's
even at the bottom tier, i found that the government Vachira Phuket Hospital or Thalang hospital in Phuket, is usually 50-60% of what Bangkok international charges
what i object to is their reasoning to defend it..
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
I kinda understand this. Foreign money does benefit Thailand. Particularly with medical tourists, you are consuming goods and services that could go to Thai citizens.
If I was a foreign resident of Thailand. I could see this getting annoying.
PS-Different prices at different hospitals? Interesting.
If I was a foreign resident of Thailand. I could see this getting annoying.
PS-Different prices at different hospitals? Interesting.
Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
Thailand's subsidized public healthcare system is a bit of a mess. As an expat foreigner, you'd be well advised to have decent health insurance and use private hospitals instead.
Personally, I've never used a public hospital, if only because I don't like waiting rooms - at a private hospital, I'm being seen the minute I walk in. Whenever I've accompanied someone to a public hospital, on the other hand, they spent a lot of time waiting and running the gauntlet from one department to the next.
That being said, tax and social security paying expats contribute heavily to the public system, so to charge those of us who want to use the public system more than Thais is a bit rich.
Personally, I've never used a public hospital, if only because I don't like waiting rooms - at a private hospital, I'm being seen the minute I walk in. Whenever I've accompanied someone to a public hospital, on the other hand, they spent a lot of time waiting and running the gauntlet from one department to the next.
That being said, tax and social security paying expats contribute heavily to the public system, so to charge those of us who want to use the public system more than Thais is a bit rich.
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Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
My friend got a heart attack in Phuket and had to negotiate with his doctors the medical fees at the operation table.. Then 6 weeks later checkups revealed the operation was done wrongly and he was a ticking time bomb. They suggested to re-operate instead he left and never came back!
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Presumably they’d be going to a premium private hospital anyway.
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They go to Mayo Clinic.
Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
I kinda understand this. Foreign money does benefit Thailand. Particularly with tourism, you are consuming goods and services that go to Thai citizens!Big Daikon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:01 pm I kinda understand this. Foreign money does benefit Thailand. Particularly with medical tourists, you are consuming goods and services that could go to Thai citizens.
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Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
Yes, that is a conundrum.Yobbo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 6:40 pmI kinda understand this. Foreign money does benefit Thailand. Particularly with tourism, you are consuming goods and services that go to Thai citizens!Big Daikon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:01 pm I kinda understand this. Foreign money does benefit Thailand. Particularly with medical tourists, you are consuming goods and services that could go to Thai citizens.
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Re: Thailand "justifies" dual medical pricing
2 experiences with Thai hospitals...A broken foot (slid off a wet roof and landed on a water meter) 900 baht in 2000 and an appendectimy in around 2003 which cost 6245 baht at the Thaksin hospital.
It was great back then.
It was great back then.
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