right so is vat charged on a parcel coming into the eu and how much are we talking
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 - 260parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
you can carry a personal quantity between eu countries in practice. the rules on quantity and prescription vary and i would not rely on my reading of them
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
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
anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly
check the date on that
has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither, take that with a pinch of salt
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other, from memory
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
anyone in sweden or denmark want to compare notes
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from
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
genuine question any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
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
quick one how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours
a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year, anyway
anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
does a prescription from one eu country work in another
nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early
poland was cheapest
is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
send both languages
i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 10 days once
is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
right so i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to
member reported
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget, ask me again in a month
is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
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
what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
[edited]pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
approval isnt reimbursement
quick one 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
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy