anyone compared the price for the same dose in two eu countries properly
#eu 2026-06-29
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- lead_time_lars — ok so nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget, we shall see 15:13
- lead_time_lars — how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu 15:37
- customs_owl — 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 16:29
- invoice_mismatch — ok so what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu 17:16
- vienna_vial — while im here how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours 17:38
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
nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported
ok so nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget, we shall see
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write simple english
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
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germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round
a swedish member put their monthly cost at roughly double what a polish member was paying, as of last year
varies by pharmacy
follow up 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 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
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
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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you can carry a personal quantity between eu countries in practice. the rules on quantity and prescription vary and i would not rely on my reading of them
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
a german member reported paying around 300 euros a month privately in 2024. one person, one dose, one pharmacy
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
ok so what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
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what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
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
while im here how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours
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update from 1 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway
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german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
does a prescription from one eu country work in another
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly