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If you have a property, in the Thai wife's name she will have a blue book which gives her free medical care in the state hospitals, you, as the husband can geta yellow book which then entitles you to the same free medical care. Some contributors have suggested that the interpretation seems to vary around the country, but that is certainly the case in central Thailand province that I live in.
If this is not an option you can look at local insurance policies, you will be required to take a medical, it will be relatively expensive, will not cover everything, the ones I have seen dont likely cover the cost of an operation so at best its a bit towards it and at 80 you will likely not be renewing after that birthday, too much of a risk.
Another option would be to put money into an account for a rainy day and if you dont use it you can leave the proceeds in the account to someone else via a will. You might just not get up one morning have a long lie-in.
This is a problem I suspect for most people over 65 here  have and dont assume travel Insurance you took out before your visit is valid either, in the UK you have to have been resident in the UK for the 3 months immediately prior to the departure. The UK insurance industry do not view you as a resident in the same way as HMRC. House, bank accounts, passport do not count, neither does a UK address.
SO, if you have not got a plan best think about it, a heart by pass operation was, a couple of years ago my way about 1.5mbts to give you a figure, there are bound to be add ons, room etc and 2 years ago, inflation?
MMMM not good news day is it!

sfokevin, on 2011-12-01 16:30:02, said:

That too.