Britain’s Inability to Handle Flu Season Shows Perils of Socialized Medicine

Plus: Former Obama Supporter Explains Why She Chose to #WalkAway

Aug 14, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where policymakers could learn a lesson about government-run health care from a dangerous flu season in Britain. Bob Moffit and Kevin Pham lay it out. The FBI sacks the agent who disparaged Trump while investigating his election rival. Fred Lucas reports. Just outside the nation's capital, Asian-Americans press for fairness in selecting "gifted and talented" kids, Kenny Xu writes. Plus: Thomas Jipping and Dominic Bayer on what the latest Supreme Court nominee really said about Obamacare, Frederico Bartels and Hayden Morse on a neglected way the government could cut costs, and Rachel del Guidice on an Obama backer's decision to leave the left behind.     Commentary Britain's Inability to Handle Last Year's Flu Season Shows Perils of Socialized Medicine In England, the National Health Service broke records by canceling over 25,000 surgeries at the last minute in the first quarter of 2018. More News Asian-American Parents Join Forces to Fight for 'Education Fairness' A Maryland school board decided in 2016 to change the way the school system selects students for gifted and talented programs. Since then, the percentage of Asian-Americans enrolled in these programs has dropped by 20 percent, and parents say the changes may have to do with factors other than merit. More News FBI Fires Peter Strzok, Agent Who Vowed to 'Stop' a Trump Presidency Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, in a report in June, concluded Strzok showed a "willingness to take official action" through his job with the FBI to hurt Trump politically during the 2016 election. More Commentary The Earliest Signing of the NDAA in 40 Years Is a Giant Step in Rebuilding the Military The early passage of the National Defense Authorization Act represents a level of stability and predictability uncommon in the recent history of the Department of Defense, and it should be very helpful in the efforts to rebuild our military. More Analysis The Daily Signal Podcast: Tuesday, Aug. 14 Shelby Emmett, director of the Center to Protect Free Speech at the American Legislative Exchange Council, discusses the status of free speech. More Commentary On Kavanaugh and Health Coverage: The Sky Is Not Falling It is patently false that the Supreme Court—no matter who serves on it—could vote to end health care protections "for good." More Commentary How Congress Could Generate Enormous Savings Across the Government When Americans buy plane tickets, they shop around to find the deal that best suits their needs and save a lot of time and money as a result. But for the past 10 years, the federal government has been unable to shop around for commercial services. More News Former Obama Supporter Explains Why She Chose to #WalkAway "If you do the same thing over and over again and expect different results, that's insanity, so voting for these Democrats over and over and over and over, and [then] they're doing nothing for inner cities, they're doing nothing for black people," says YouTube user Tumi Yukii. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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