The gamble of an increase in National Insurance to pay for improvements in the health service was received as though most people believed it was an acceptable price to pay - if it works.

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But I think you will find that the vast bulk of so-called Middle England support investment in our national health service because it's the best security, an insurance policy, they can have against illness.

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