#eu 2025-03-17

how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all

poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago

Verification log updated: TFC — evidence added, status unchanged.

my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did

parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly

check the date on that

a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries

write simple english

that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu

while im here a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy

Recon calculator: 10mg in 2ml = 5mg/ml.

in germany the split is privat versus kasse. a private prescription means you pay the pharmacy price yourself and when i checked last year that was a lot, thats one data point

i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not

vat on imports from outside the eu applied from a very low threshold when i last imported, and the carrier handling fee was bigger than the vat

translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not

approval isnt reimbursement

a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that