handling fee is worse than vat
#eu 2025-05-18
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- gip_glp_gil — ok so a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year, ill dig out the number 13:02
- blank_run — a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries 13:07
- blank_run — is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem 13:13
- madrid_mg — statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different conversation 13:15
- gip_glp_gil — can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month,… 14:22
pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
ok so a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year, ill dig out the number
i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 26 days once
a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
varies by pharmacy
is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
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statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different conversation
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that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
anyone in sweden or denmark want to compare notes
three working days
cross border in theory
diabetes yes weight no
[edited]can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
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7 days inside the eu