i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
#eu 2025-04-01
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- no_escrow_nate — that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu 20:17
- area_percent — is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot 20:55
- lead_time_lars — what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu 21:59
- coa_or_cope — coming back to this no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from 22:01
a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
netherlands was reported in here at around 200 euros a month out of pocket a year or so ago, with conditions attached to any reimbursement
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
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write simple english
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
handling fee is worse than vat
is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
cross border in theory
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
[edited]genuine question anyone had a german pharmacy order it in and how long did that take
the price for the same dose in two eu countries differed by about forty percent in the one careful comparison i have seen in here
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the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
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is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
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10 days inside the eu
ok so a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
poland was cheapest
pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
genuine question how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
[edited]the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
update from 13 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway
for the archive what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
that was 2024 pricing
german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
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coming back to this no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from
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is vat charged on a parcel coming into the eu and how much are we talking
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slightly off topic but parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
right so how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
prices moved since
member reported
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ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round