anyone in ontario able to say what theyre actually paying
#canada 2025-12-13
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- logrotate — a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly 14:14
- logrotate — is a frozen lyophilised vial ruined or is that fine 14:28
- verify_or_dont — a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter 14:31
- still_here_2024 — my monthly cost with partial insurance came to about 120 canadian dollars, which is not a number anybody else can use quebec has its own drug plan and it worked… 18:47
- reta_resting_hr — does private insurance cover it in canada or only some plans 19:16
has anyone had a vial actually freeze in transit
insulating against cold is the same kit as insulating against heat. the pack is a buffer in either direction
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thirteen questions not one
13:43quiet.hours pinned a message
follow up how do people insulate against cold rather than against heat
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postal in winter
freezing not cooking
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quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
private plans vary by employer more than by province. two members with the same job title got different answers
a member in the territories reported everything arriving eventually and nothing arriving quickly
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coming back to this the border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly
the border question comes up a lot and nobody here will tell you what to declare. that gets stopped quickly
winter shipping, is freezing the actual risk rather than heat
is a frozen lyophilised vial ruined or is that fine
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a lyophilised vial that froze in transit is almost certainly fine. a reconstituted one that froze is a different matter
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the depot delay in winter runs longer than in summer and that is the part people do not plan for
the winter risk in canada is freezing rather than cooking, and this channel took a while to internalise that, from memory
i hold orders between january and march where i can. a preference, not a rule anybody gave me
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that was a pilot not policy
[edited]six weeks of stock
hold till march
[edited]slightly off topic but what does a month cost in canadian dollars at a pharmacy
check your plan
does cross border make any sense from canada or is it not worth the bother
diabetes covered, weight not
update from 15 months ago: my province still does not cover it and my plan started to, partially, i think
coverage in canada is provincial and it is a patchwork. what a member in one province reported has almost never matched another
how does coverage work if you have diabetes versus if you dont
[edited]i keep six weeks of stock going into winter rather than four, and that came out of one bad february
quebec seems to be different again, is that right
ok so nobody here can tell you what your plan covers. plans differ inside the same province, never mind between them
is the freezing risk actually documented or is it a room theory
the freezing worry is more room theory than published data for these specific compounds and we should keep saying so
coverage in canada is provincial and it is a patchwork. what a member in one province reported has almost never matched another
the difference between a diabetes diagnosis and a weight indication was the whole story in every province i read about, your mileage will differ
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
my monthly cost with partial insurance came to about 120 canadian dollars, which is not a number anybody else can use
quebec has its own drug plan and it worked differently from the rest in everything i read a year ago
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 - 260canadian pharmacies stocked it reliably in the periods members reported on, better than the uk did at the same time, ill dig out the number
does private insurance cover it in canada or only some plans
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 - 260i had a parcel sit in an unheated depot at minus eighteen for two days and the powder tested fine, ill dig out the number
anyone in the territories, does anything arrive at all