i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 26 days once
#eu 2026-01-26
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Highlights from this day
- fasting_insulin — transit inside the eu was 5 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it 09:54
- area_percent — the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither 11:52
- snac_and_water — a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy 14:03
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all
a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
[edited]nordics are brutal
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
for the archive i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
is vat charged on a parcel coming into the eu and how much are we talking
has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
check the date on that
poland was cheapest
23 days inside the eu
germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
sorry to jump in coming back after 26 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
update on the earlier thing has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours
the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
privat means you pay
anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
transit inside the eu was 5 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it
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sorry to jump in nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
diabetes yes weight no
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
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anyone in sweden or denmark want to compare notes
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
a prescription from one member state is meant to be recognised in another under the cross border rules. whether the pharmacist knows that is another matter
area_percentupdate on the earlier thing has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly
cross border in theory
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
slightly off topic but 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
what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
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prices moved since
follow up translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
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the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
that was 2024 pricing
fasting_insulintransit inside the eu was 5 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i…
is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
three working days
how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
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crossing a border to buy it happens and people are quiet about it, which tells you how comfortable they are with it
ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
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handling fee is worse than vat
write simple english
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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
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
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 - 260i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling