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#eu 2025-09-05

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Highlights from this day
  • lead_time_lars — german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024 01:32
  • lead_time_lars — nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget 01:40
  • lead_time_lars — the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix 05:26
LT

german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024

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PS

i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling

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

what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu

nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget

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transit inside the eu was 16 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside 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

LT

the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix

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PS

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

quick one is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself

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