“I, along with something like 5 million other people, insure to enable me to go into hospital on the day I want; at the time I want, and with a doctor I want.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Answering questions at a general election news conference (4 June 1987) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106866. Mrs Thatcher had been asked if she trusted the Health Service enough to put herself in its hands, a reference to her use of private health insurance. <br class="br">Second term as Prime Minister

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