a member in spain said their pharmacy price was lower than germany when they compared in 2024, and i cannot verify that
#eu 2026-05-15
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- plum_plots — ema approval is a licence, not a payment decision. every member state decides reimbursement separately and they do not agree with each other 13:08
- plum_plots — 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 14:30
- plum_plots — update on the earlier thing statutory insurance in germany did not cover it for weight when i last read about it. for the diabetes indication it was a different… 14:31
- plum_plots — 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 14:32
approval isnt reimbursement
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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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my last customs bill was about twenty two percent of declared value plus a fixed handling charge that hurt more than the tax did
the cheapest eu route a member found was a local pharmacy with a local prescription, which is no help if you have neither
how does a pharmacy handle it if you have no local insurance at all
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
update on the earlier thing 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 price for the same dose in two eu countries differed by about forty percent in the one careful comparison i have seen in here
how far ahead do people order given transit inside the eu
member reported
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varies by pharmacy
the language thing improved a lot when i stopped using idioms, and that was the actual fix
handling fee is worse than vat