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International health insurance and GLP-1 — need advice

tom_AK Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM 8 replies 1,408 viewsPage 2 of 2
mike_nyc
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Jul 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM#6
Dr.KarenChen said:
Denials are usually procedural rather than clinical, and the order that works reflects that.

This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Import rules are jurisdiction-specific and this board keeps giving US-shaped answers to non-US questions. What is a personal-import allowance in one country is a controlled-import offence in another.

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Jul 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM#7
tom_AK said:
One order arrived in nine days, one was held at the border for a fortnight, and one came back with a seizure notice.

My experience ordering cross-border ordering internationally: I've ordered from an Australian compounder. Customs can be hit or miss.

Shipping time: 5-10 days
Customs clearance: was seized once, reshipped free
Quality: Janoshik tested at 98.3% purity

International ordering adds complexity but can save 60-80% compared to US prices. Research your country's import laws first.

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Jul 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM#8
mike_nyc said:
Import rules are jurisdiction-specific and this board keeps giving US-shaped answers to non-US questions.

Coming at mike_nyc’s question from a different direction. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.

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Jul 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM#9

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

What actually works on a prior-authorisation denial, as opposed to the list of things that sound like they should work?

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Jul 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM#10

Closing the loop on my own question.

Follow-up — getting the denial reason in writing was the step that mattered. It named the criterion, and the criterion was a document I already had.

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