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Consumer Reports is a United States-based non-profit organization which conducts product testing and product research to collect information to share with consumers so that they can make more informed purchase decisions in any marketplace.
nib Group (nib, formerly Newcastle Industrial Benefits) is an Australian health care fund. It was established in 1952 to provide health insurance for workers at the BHP Newcastle Steelworks, and has since grown into a national and international operation. [1] As of 2017, nib held an 8.3% share of the Australian private health cover market. [2]
Health Insurance Fund (HIF) is an Australian, not-for-profit insurer. In 1954 it was brought into existence as the WA Government Employee's Hospital and Medical Benefits Fund Incorporated. In 1954 it was brought into existence as the WA Government Employee's Hospital and Medical Benefits Fund Incorporated.
Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization which works with consumers to create a fairer, safer, and healthier world. Both Wikipedia and Consumer Reports are non-profit media organizations and share a common goal of providing the best available information to people who are seeking it. Consumer Reports contributes information to ...
Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that out-of-pocket payments increased four-and-a-half times faster than government funding in 2014–15. [62] This has led to large numbers of patients skipping treatment or medicine. [63] Australian out-of-pocket health expenses are the third highest in the developed world. [62] [1]
Medibank began as an Australian Government private health insurance scheme, established by the Whitlam government in 1975 through the Health Insurance Commission. [4] In its original form, it was a universal health insurance programme funded through taxation, that also ensured free treatment at public hospitals and provided subsidies to private hospitals.
In October 2010 Newcastle, New South Wales based health fund NIB made a $140 million takeover offer to GMHBA members. The company went public with the offer, after the GMHBA board rejected their initial offer and refused to enter into discussions. NIB was Australia's first health fund to demutualise, listing on the stock exchange in 2007. [2]
CHOICE also campaigns on behalf of consumers and is a representative on many national and state-based government committees, councils and independent bodies related to consumer rights and issues including food regulation and labelling, health and financial services, telecommunications and digital technology, standards codes, ecologically sustainable development and the environment.