U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy was set to appear on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” after saying any GOP bill must pass what the Louisiana Republican calls “the Jimmy Kimmel test.”
In a news release Monday, Cassidy said that test “is to say a child born with congenital heart disease is guaranteed to get everything he or she needs in the first year of life.”
Last week, Kimmel delivered a tearful monologue describing his newborn son’s life-saving heart surgery and saying lawmakers must help people afford health care. He said his son and other people with pre-existing conditions would struggle to get insurance under the plan passed by the House.
Cassidy says he is working on a new bill that protects people with pre-existing conditions and reduces premiums.
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