Is this a good idea/best healthcare resources

[northernlights15]

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Hey guys!

So I was thinking… I've been looking to improve my verbal score and I think one of the best ways I can do this is just to read everyday. I literally rarely get time to read anymore (besides my textbooks and these mcat prep books).

I try to not to fret about things that are away's away but I know questions on U.S. healthcare come up quite often in interviews. And I don't really know much about it which is just sad!

So, I was thinking to read up on articles related to U.S. Healthcare and other related topics/issues. It will help my overall reading/verbal skills as well as for future interviews. Do you guys have any recommendations?

And of course books too!

 

[whitemagic]

I too have this question! To OP, if you have any friends who are polisci majors, they could probably help you out too. My best friend was a little too enthusiastic about this kind of stuff 😉

 

[Lawpy]

For political and economic news pertaining to anything (including US Healthcare), you're best bet is to read The Economist, Wall Street Journal and 538. I don't know will it help for verbal per se, since you probably need better strategies to attack the questions.

 

[northernlights15]

I too have this question! To OP, if you have any friends who are polisci majors, they could probably help you out too. My best friend was a little too enthusiastic about this kind of stuff 😉

Does your best friend have any particular recommendations?

 

[hoihaie]

Read philosophy texts. Those are the hardest to read and will really help your critical reading skills especially in identifying main points, arguments, supporting statements...etc

 

[NeuResurgens]

The Economist.

 

[LizzyM]

The Economist is an excellent news magazine. (When I was young I though it was only about economics but it is about politics, policy, social change, economics, etc everywhere in the world.)

The Wall Street Journal (mostly conservative) and the NYTimes (mostly liberal) are good sources for US health policy stories and opinion pieces.

I've also heard good things about the Kaiser Family Foundation with regard to health policy and it appears that the website has numerous articles to get you started.
http://kff.org/ Some articles there link to wsj.org

 

[Gauss44]

Don't just practice reading, practice reading as quickly as you possibly can while keeping track of the overall structure of the passage, or main point of each paragraph. If you get good enough at that, details should stick. And if you do that right, it should be easy to quickly find most details if you need to go back to the passage to confirm something.