Moving to Thailand, but what about medical costs?

Jacob, a medical history reduces the chance of an affordable policy after emigration to Thailand. Or ask the (im)possibilities to the gentlemen of AA who are based in Thailand and speak Dutch.

If obtaining an affordable policy in Thailand is a problem or not possible, then do not emigrate to Thailand, but go/stay living in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or one of the treaty countries (which does not include Thailand). See the HetCAK site for country information. And then spend the winter in Thailand without emigrating.

Or have the artificial knee fitted now and then emigrate. But your medical history will continue to haunt you in Thailand and you will encounter exclusions and/or premium increases.

For existing complaints, no insurance in Thailand will cover you. And then you will have to pay for everything yourself. It is better to remain registered and insured in the Netherlands and only spend the six winter months in Thailand.

I don't know how you are medically insured now, but if you have a normal Dutch health insurance policy, you will be expensive because you will not leave the EU, just continue to be insured.
That's why at your age, if you don't have specific connections with Thailand, I would also choose the Canary Islands.
Personally, my choice would fall on Tenerife, but also on the other islands there is a very bearable temperature / climate all year round.
Moreover, if you choose Thailand, you will also have to deal with sometimes temperatures, which not every Westerner welcomes.
High humidity, which goes hand in hand with very high temperatures, and depending on where you are going to live, sometimes months with very poor air quality, is certainly not something that many people are waiting for.
Furthermore, if you are already dealing with chronic complaints, such as knee, back, etc., it may happen because you no longer live in the Netherlands in the long run, that your Dutch insurance no longer applies, and your new insurance or duration , or will come with all kinds of exclusions.
Therefore, if I had no connection with Thailand through my Thai wife, I would always opt for Tenerife where the temperatures are usually very pleasant all year round, I remain insured, and because I do not have to leave the EU, I also have no trouble with visas, 90 days notification,TM30 notifications and a mandatory account of 800.000Baht.etc.
You once made a mistake with your choice of residence on the mainland of Spain, and if you next choose permanent Thailand, you would first look at the different things carefully.

If you move to a country outside Europe and you do not have an address in the Netherlands that you have to go to for 4 months a year, you will be immediately kicked out of the health insurance. Health insurance for Farangs is very expensive in Thailand and excludes “old people's diseases”. Prostat bv is only for people younger than 60 years