how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
#eu 2025-07-30
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- gip_glp_gil — the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix 17:15
- gip_glp_gil — spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to 17:21
- comment_fatigue — germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription 17:23
- comment_fatigue — a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries 18:27
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
approval isnt reimbursement
varies by pharmacy
unrelated but 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
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
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anyone in sweden or denmark want to compare notes
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
quick one 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
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spain, is it pharmacy only and what does it come to
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germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
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parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
a member reported reimbursement under a national scheme for diabetes and flatly not for weight, and that was the pattern across several countries
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is carrying it in a suitcase inside the eu a problem
i had one pharmacy in another eu country refuse a foreign prescription and one accept it, same month, same paperwork
a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that