Is it worth it to buy "Understanding Health Policy"?

[TheShaker]

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Hi everyone,

I have interviews coming up and I'd like to learn a bit about the healthcare system (I'm quite clueless) as part of my preparation. Is it worth it to buy "Understanding Health Policy" by Thomas Bodenheimer? I understand that it is a great book but it is somewhat expensive. Can I gain the same from just reading up stuff on the internet or is the book more effective? Thank you in advance. 🙂

 

[thlaxer]

The book isn't going to be very high-yield in my opinion if you're doing it just for interview prep. From what I remember, very few of my interviewers even brought up health policy issues.

 

[Cinclus]

I used Wikipedia articles to learn about health policy basics. Worked for me, and it was gentle on the 'ol wallet.

 

[CuttingCorneas]

I've posted it before and I'll post it again. If you get any health care questions, they'll most likely be about PPACA. This should suffice.

http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/vb8vs/eli5_what_exactly_is_obamacare_and_what_did_it/c530lfx

 

[TheShaker]

I've posted it before and I'll post it again. If you get any health care questions, they'll most likely be about PPACA. This should suffice.

http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/vb8vs/eli5_what_exactly_is_obamacare_and_what_did_it/c530lfx

I actually have read that ge[m]! It was really helpful but should I know about things such as insurance, medical billing, Medicare, HMO/PPO...It all seems so cluttered and confusing. From what other posters are saying though, not knowing about these in detail is not a huge deal?

 

[premed159]

I actually have read that ge[m]! It was really helpful but should I know about things such as insurance, medical billing, HMO/PPO...It all seems so cluttered and confusing.

There's a book by two AMSA members, which might be available for free somewhere. It's also an $8 ebook on amazon. Google 'the health care handbook.'

And the AMSA premed committee is having a webinar on health policy on 11/18. Check out http://www.Facebook.com/amsapremed

 

[bollywoodlover]

Just have a general opinion on health care prepared and how you might improve it. You don't need to know all the details. Wikipedia 🙂