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
#eu 2026-04-11
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- fasting_insulin — has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this 14:05
- monoisotopic — 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 16:49
- monoisotopic — follow up check the date on that 17:51
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poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
privat means you pay
6 days inside the eu
check the date on that
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genuine question germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
prices moved since
anyone had a german pharmacy order it in and how long did that take
three working days
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varies by pharmacy
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
coming back to this i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 25 days once
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 - 260how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
[edited]i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
[edited]has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
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has anyone crossed a border specifically to buy it
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
transit inside the eu was 13 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it
diabetes yes weight no
right so 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
is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
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that was 2024 pricing
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
cross border in theory
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
ok so what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries, still working it out
a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year
does a prescription from one eu country work in another
approval isnt reimbursement
i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
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is the customs handling fee worse than the vat itself
the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
write simple english
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translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round
fasting_insulinpharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are…
handling fee is worse than vat
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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
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how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours
for the archive can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
nordics are brutal
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, anyway
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
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follow up check the date on that
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21 days inside the eu
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as of about a year ago statutory cover in germany for weight indications still was not there, so check before quoting me on it
what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
write simple english
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send both languages
nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget