coming back after 13 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
#eu 2026-03-22
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- lead_time_lars — what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu 08:49
- cat_on_the_tray — i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork 10:09
- cat_on_the_tray — german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024 10:38
- lead_time_lars — anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is… 12:34
- fasting_insulin — ok so anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying 12:49
as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year
handling fee is worse than vat
varies by pharmacy
prices moved since
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 - 260🤝18✅14
no local insurance means the pharmacy price, full stop, in every country a member has reported from
write simple english
what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
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how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
check the date on that
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, thats one data point
i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 5 days once
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
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that was 2024 pricing
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unrelated but nobody here can tell you what is legal in your country and the mods stop that conversation early
[edited]german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
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approval isnt reimbursement
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
i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
three working days
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
cat_on_the_traygerman pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days…
unrelated but what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
diabetes yes weight no
ok so anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
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is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
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, we shall see
germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription