Private hospitals in Thailand can charge several times what the same pills cost at a street pharmacy. Here’s how to pay less for medicine, specialists, checkups and ambulances without cutting corners on care.
Your biggest expense at a hospital can be medication. Private hospitals are known for charging 400% of the original cost of meds.
So here are three ways to decrease the cost of your medication, plus a few tips for trimming the rest of the hospital bill.
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