that was 2024 pricing
#eu 2026-02-28
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- customs_owl — ok so nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget 11:30
- amylin_amy — how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all 12:24
- amylin_amy — genuine question nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported 12:43
- declared_value — german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024 17:37
approval isnt reimbursement
update on the earlier thing a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that
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ok so nordic pricing genuinely was higher in every comparison i have seen here, and the incomes are higher too, which people forget
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send both languages
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
is it reimbursed anywhere in the eu or is it private everywhere
i order about six weeks ahead because a customs delay inside the eu still cost me 21 days once, n of 1 obviously
write simple english
member reported
how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all
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my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
that is the thing people get wrong constantly. approved and paid for are two completely different processes in the eu
genuine question nordic prices look brutal, is that real or is that just what gets reported
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nordics are brutal
diabetes yes weight no
cross border in theory
poland was cheapest
sorry to jump in how far ahead do people order given transit inside 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
privat means you pay
how do you deal with a supplier whose support is in one language only
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varies by pharmacy
any figure in this channel should be read as the month somebody typed it, not as the price today
parcels entering the eu get assessed at the first point of entry rather than at your own border, which caught me out badly
prices moved since
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the language barrier with support is real. i write in short plain english and it works better than good english does
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
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
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
update from 12 months ago: nothing changed on reimbursement where i am and the price went up anyway
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anyone in the netherlands able to say what theyre paying
ok so germany, whats the actual difference in cost between a private and a statutory prescription
*Medutest not the other one
how are people managing when support only speaks one language and it isnt yours
what does privat versus kassenrezept mean in money terms
handling fee is worse than vat
has anyone found a national scheme that actually covers this
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10 days inside the eu
poland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months ago
transit inside the eu was 20 days for me door to door, which is faster than anything i have had from outside it
coming back after 5 months, has anything changed on reimbursement anywhere
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, n of 1 obviously
i was wrong about the cross border prescription rules and a pharmacist corrected me in person, which was humbling
sorry to jump in 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
fasting_insulinpoland came out cheapest of the four countries members compared about eighteen months…
translate your message and send both versions. that got me answers when english alone had not
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three working days
while im here ema approval means licensed but not that anyone pays for it, is that the right way round
german pharmacies will order in what they do not stock. mine took three working days when i asked in 2024
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