insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
#canada 2025-06-30
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- still_here_2024 — is the freezing risk actually documented or is it a room theory 17:09
- verify_or_dont — the canada to us gap was reported at roughly a third to a half of the us price a year or two ago, and that will have moved 17:41
- typosquat_tay — cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border 18:19
- typosquat_tay — genuine question i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me 19:46
right so how long is transit into canada running
quebec seems to be different again, is that right
diabetes covered, weight not
is the freezing risk actually documented or is it a room theory
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an alberta member and a nova scotia member compared notes and neither of them could believe the other one
postal handled winter better than the courier for me, mostly because the courier van sat outside for hours
nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
while im here has anyone had a vial actually freeze in transit
freeze thaw cycling is the concern rather than one freeze, and that is my read of it rather than a lab result, ill dig out the number
member reported 2024
any figure in this channel is dated. canadian pricing and coverage both moved while i was reading about them, n of 1 obviously
the canada to us gap was reported at roughly a third to a half of the us price a year or two ago, and that will have moved
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*that should say weekly
does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
is it worth just waiting until spring to order
a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
i ask for gel packs even in january because the mass slows the temperature swing, not because it warms anything
anyone in the territories, does anything arrive at all
the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for
the last leg across the prairies in february is the risk. the flight is heated and the truck is not
that was a pilot not policy
six weeks of stock
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cross border out of canada rarely makes sense because canada is usually the cheaper side of that particular border
reported by members, own currency, not comparable directly
private clinic, UK 145 - 220
statutory, DE 10 co-pay
private script, DE 180 - 240
pharmacy, PL 95 - 140
pharmacy, SE 210 - 260thirteen questions not one
slightly off topic but there is no national picture. asking what canada does is asking thirteen questions at the same time
ok so private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
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coverage in canada is provincial and it is a patchwork. what a member in one province reported has almost never matched another
update from 2 months ago: my province still does not cover it and my plan started to, partially
spring ordering is easier and if you can wait, waiting is free
what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy
genuine question i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
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