{"id":4028,"date":"2013-06-29T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2013-06-29T08:15:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T15:15:36","slug":"thailand-to-require-foreign-tourists-to-buy-travel-and-health-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/06\/29\/thailand-to-require-foreign-tourists-to-buy-travel-and-health-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand to Require Foreign Tourists to Buy Travel and Health Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/system\/wire\/upiUPI-20130628-175152-8260\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> from Breitbart,<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BANGKOK, June 28 (UPI) &#8212;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Lawmakers in Thailand say they want all foreign tourists to be required to purchase travel and health insurance before arriving in their country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thailand&#8217;s Public Health Ministry Wednesday proposed the measure during a meeting with representatives from the Airports of Thailand, Royal Thai Police and other government ministries, the Bangkok Post reported.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The health ministry has suggested the cost of health insurance coverage might be included in visa fees, Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong said at the meeting. Those visiting Thailand without visas would be required to buy insurance at immigration checkpoints or the fees could be added to the cost of airline tickets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After the meeting, Pradit said all of those involved agreed to set up a subcommittee to work on the proposal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The health ministry set up the meeting after Thailand&#8217;s government asked it to address concerns about the financial burden on the country&#8217;s state hospitals, which are required to provide foreigners with free medical service, Pradit said.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4031\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/06\/bkkairportjam1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4031\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4031\" alt=\"Display at Suvarnabhumi Airport when I visited Bangkok in 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/06\/bkkairportjam1-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/bkkairportjam1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/bkkairportjam1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Display at Suvarnabhumi Airport when I visited Bangkok in 2011<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Personally, I don&#8217;t buy any travel insurance on any of my travels. Will this be a good thing that lawmakers in Thailand want to institute on tourists?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; According to this article from Breitbart, BANGKOK, June 28 (UPI) &#8212;\u00a0 Lawmakers in Thailand say they want all foreign tourists to be required to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[49,263,50],"tags":[760,757,756,758,759,754,139,755],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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