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#eu 2025-09-13

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  • blank_run — any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today 02:18
  • invoice_mismatch — pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more 02:35
  • peak_split — does a prescription from one eu country work in another i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not 04:07
  • peak_split — 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 04:47
BR

any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today

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BR

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

IM

pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more

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IM

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

PS

does a prescription from one eu country work in another
i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not

cross border in theory

IM

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

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

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PS

while im here germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription

PS

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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