Considering alternatives: Reason 2 Baht

When I arrived in February of 2003 I was getting 42.7094 per dollar. 

I am getting 12,722 baht less per month now 

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190912 Considering alternatives: Reason 1 MEDICAL

The latest 100% price increase of medical medication and treatment has me seriously considering packing my bags. It's quite racists and the reasons given are "lame."

Under the new prices expats would pay 30,000 baht for an MRI at hospitals.
Compared US prices at clinics is half that

Insurance companies are quoting prices which has nothing to do with insurance requirements the government recently imposed (40,000 baht outpatient, 400,000 baht inpatient). 

I can not see paying 167,542 per year for insurance when I spent that amount for medical services over a 18 year period.

A few articles declare how great Thai medical services are. These are mostly tourism related magazines.  Last hospitalization and tests I had were totally unneeded.

Had a lower abdominal pain.  Hospitalized, first test color liquid up my retum, complete with butplug for an exray.  Next test camera down my throat and up my rectum, negative results.  Day after release from hospital I realized it was a muscle strain.

Recently sought out hospital outpatient advice as I had passed out a number of times causing injuries.  No suggestions.  I finally found the cause by reading the side effects of blood pressure medicine they had prescribed.

Even after emphasizing that antibiotics no longer are effective on me, I've received dozens of prescriptions for antibiotics. (Don't laugh, it's real) Solved a six year long ear infection by sticking an onion into my ear for a few days.

Medical appointments are a joke. A hundred people may have a 9am appointment and can expect waiting hours before being seen. Such mass appointments often cause mistakes being made. 


Example of health insurance quote

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Occasional scattered showers

for the moment weather is arriving from the NW

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Critical time in Thailand

There's truth and opinion to this presentation. 
Makes you wish you had a crystal ball.

Fast paced but scoreless

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"The Cave" In Cinemas November 28, 2019

Having watched the story unfold on local news and social media, and having seen documentaries, I wonder how well the movie will be received

Unfortunately a diver lost his life during the rescue


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Too much dependence on tourism

video by 

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190903 The center of this tropical depression is moving south of Sakon Nakhon

Rain previous 24 hours 12 cm (4.72")

http://www.tmd.go.th/en/list_warning.php
  3 September: heavy to very heavy rain
  4 September: heavy rain

The center of this tropical depression is moving south of Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan and south may see the worst of it

Sakon FC season ends

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