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#eu 2025-12-18

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  • first_month_fi — 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 21:07
  • non_scale_win — is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself 21:15
  • non_scale_win — 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 21:28
  • ghk_gia — while im here 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 21:56

that was 2024 pricing

poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago

my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did

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

ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other

translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not, thats just me

*that should say weekly

NS

is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself

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NS

nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early

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

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FM

sorry to jump in nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported

FM

as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it

GG

while im here 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

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nordics are brutal

CF

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

write simple english

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CF

parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly

varies by pharmacy

GG

a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year

GG

poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany