is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
#eu 2025-06-16
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- deadspace — 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 15:55
- amsterdam_aliquot — quick one 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 17:08
- lead_time_lars — 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 17:17
- amsterdam_aliquot — how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours 17:20
- VialBot — Purity check: no report on file for lot C-4402. Nothing logged either way. 19:13
write simple english
three working days
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handling fee is worse than vat
[edited]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 - 260that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
is there anywhere in the eu where this is actually cheap
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago, still working it out
the honest position is that eu reimbursement is a moving target and nothing said in here stays true for a year
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
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i keep a note of what i paid each month because the number moves and my memory of it does not
6 days inside the eu
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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is the price the same across pharmacies in a country or does it vary a lot
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quick one 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
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what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
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
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👀11✅12🤝1
how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours
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any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
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poland pricing, has anyone compared it against germany
update on the earlier thing pharmacy prices in germany were fairly uniform when i checked because of how they are regulated. in spain they varied much more
what happens if a parcel gets picked up entering the eu
while im here the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
send both languages
ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly, i have it written down somewhere
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
nordics are brutal
can you legally buy in one eu country and take it to another
the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
transit inside the eu was 13 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it
Purity check: no report on file for lot C-4402. Nothing logged either way.
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