HE KNOW YOU'LL FIND THIS HARD TO
BELIEVE BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO
AFTER MY SON HAD OPEN HEART
SURGERY, WHICH WAS SOMETHING I
SPOKE ABOUT ON THE AIR, A
POLITICIAN, A SENATOR NAMED BILL
CASSIDY FROM LOUISIANA, WAS ON
MY SHOW AND HE WASN'T VERY
HONEST.
IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS BEING
HONEST.
HE GOT A LOT OF CREDIT AND
ATTENTION FOR COMING OFF LIKE A
RARE, REASONABLE VOICE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WHEN IT CAME TO
HEALTH CARE.
FOR COMING ONE SOMETHING HE
CALLED, I DIDN'T NAME IT THIS.
HE NAMED IT THIS OF THE TELL
JIMMY KIMMEL TEST WHICH WAS IN A
NUT SHELL NO, FAMILY SHOULD BE
DENIED MEDICAL CARE, EMERGENCY
OR OTHERWISE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
AFFORD IT.
HE AGREED TO IT.
HE SAID HE WOULD ONLY SUPPORT A
HEALTH CARE BILL THAT MADE SURE
A CHILD LIKE MINE WOULD GET
HEALTH COVERAGE HE NEEDS NO,
MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY HIS
PARENTS MAKE.
THAT DID NOT HAVE ANNUAL OR
LIFETIME CAPS.
THESE INSURANCE COMPANIES WANT
LIFETIME CAMS TO LIMIT HOW MUCH
THEY HAVE TO PAY OUT.
SO FOR INSTANCE IF YOUR SON
NEEDS HE HEART SURGERY, IT CAN
COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS A PIECE.
IF HE HITS HIS CAP, HE IS ON HIS
OWN.
OUR CURRENT PLAN PROTECTS
AMERICANS AND PREVENTS INSURANCE
PROVIDERS FROM JACKING UP THE
RATES FOR PEOPLE WITH
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS OF ALL
TYPES.
AND SENATOR CASSIDY SAID HIS
PLAN WOULD DO THAT, TOO.
HE SAID ALL THIS ON TELEVISION
MANY TIMES.
>> AS YOU PRESENT THAT, I ASK,
DOES IT PASS THE JIMMY KIMMEL
TEST?
WITH A CHILD BORN WITH A
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE BE ABLE
TO GET EVERYTHING HE WOULD NEED
IN THAT FIRST YEAR OF LIFE?
I WANT TO IT FAST JIMMY KIMMEL
TEST.
>> SO LAST WEEK, BILL CASSIDY
AND SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
PROPOSE AD NEW BILL AND IT DOES
FAST JIMMY KIMMEL TEST.
BUT A DIFFERENT TEST.
WITH THIS ONE YOUR CHILD WITH A
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION WILL GET
THE CARE HE NEEDS HE IF AND FOND
HIS FATHER IS JIMMY KIMMEL.
OTHERWISE YOU MIGHT BE SCREWED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
BILL CASSIDY BUT WHEN HE WAS ON
THIS PUBLICITY TOUR, HE LISTED
HIS DEMANDS FOR A HEALTH CARE
BILL VERY CLEARLY.
THESE WERE HIS WORDS.
HE SAID HE WANTS COVERAGE FOR
ALL.
NO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.
LOWER PREMIUMS FOR LOWER MIDDLE
CLASS FAMILIES AND NO LIFETIME
CAMS.
GUESS WHAT, THE NEW BILL DOES
NONE OF THOSE THINGS.
COVERAGE FOR ALL?
NO.
IN FACT IT WILL KICK ABOUT 30
MILLION AMERICANS OFF INSURANCE.
PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS?
NO.
IF THE BILL PASSES, INDIVIDUAL
STATES CAN LET INSURANCE
COMPANIES CHARGE YOU MORE IF YOU
HAVE A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
YOU'LL FIND LITTLE LOOPHOLE
LATER ON IN THE DOCUMENT.
THEY CAN AND THEY WILL.
WILL IT LOWER PREMIUMS?
FOR MANY IT WILL RESULT IN
HIGHER PREMIUMS.
AS FAR AS NO LIFETIME CAPS GO,
THE STATES CAN DECIDE ON THAT
TOO WHICH MEANS MANY STATES WILL
DO THAT.
NOT ONLY DID IT FAIL THE JIMMY
KIMMEL TEST, HE FAILED THE BILL
CASSIDY TEST.
HE FAILED HIS OWN TEST.
THIS BILL IS WORSE THAN THE ONE
THAT THANK GOD, REPUBLICANS LIKE
SUSAN COLLINS AND LISA MURKOWSKI
AND JOHN McCAIN TORPEDOED OVER
THE SUMMER.
AND I HOPE THEY HAVE THE GOOD
SENSE TO DO THAT.
THESE OTHER GUYS WHO CLAIM THEY
WANT AMERICANS TO HAVE BETTER
HEALTH CARE.
EVEN THOUGH EIGHT YEARS AGO THEY
DIDN'T WANT THEY WILL TO HAVE
HEALTH CARE AT ALL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THIS
WITHOUT AN NATURAL SFRIS THE
BIPARTISAN BUDGET OFFICE.
THEY DON'T EVEN WANT YOU TO SEE
IT.
THEY'RE HAVING ONE HEARING.
I READ THE HEARINGS BEING HELD
IN A HOMELAND COMMITTEE AND THE
CHAIRMAN AGREED TO ALLOW TWO
WITNESSES.
BILL CASSIDY IS THAT LINDSEY
GRAHAM TO SPEAK.
HEALTH CARE IS COMPLICATED.
IT IS BORING.
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THE DETAILS ARE CONFUSING AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE RELYING ON.
THEY'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO BE SO
OVERWHELMED.
THAT YOU'LL COUNT THEY WILL TO
TAKE CARE OF YOU AND WE'RE
LOOKING AT OUR INSTAGRAM
ACCOUNTS, LIKING THINGS, WHILE
THEY'RE VOTING WHETHER PEOPLE
CAN AFFORD TO KEEP THEIR
CHILDREN ALIVE.
MOST OF THE CONGRESS PEOPLE WHO
WILL VOTE THIS PROBABLY WON'T
EVEN READ IT.
THEY WANT TO US TREAT IT LIKE AN
iTUNES SERVICE AGREEMENT.
AND THIS GUY BILL CASSIDY LIED
RIGHT TO MY FACE.
>>> DO YOU BELIEVE EVERY
AMERICAN REGARDLESS OF INCOME
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET REGULAR
CHECK-
CHECK-UPS, MATERNITY CARE, ALL
OF THOSE THINGS PEOPLE NEED?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> SO YEP WASHINGTON FOR NO.
>> I NEVER IMAGINED I WOULD GET
INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
MY AREA OF EXPERTISE IS EATING
PIZZA AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
WE CAN'T LET THEY WILL DO IT TO
OUR CHILDREN, OUR SENIOR
CITIZENS, OUR VETERANS AND
ANYTHING ELSE.
BEFORE YOU POST A NASTY GRAM, I
AM POLITICIZING MY SON'S HEALTH
PROBLEMS BECAUSE I HAVE TO.
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MY FAMILY HAS HEALTH INSURANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THIS.
BUT OTHER PEOPLE DO.
SO YOU CAN SHOVE YOUR DISGUSTING
COMMENTS WHERE YOUR DOCTOR WON'T
BE GIVING YOU A PROSTATE EXAM
ONCE THEY TAKE YOUR HEALTH CARE
BENEFITS AWAY.
SOMEHOW JAPAN, ENGLAND, CANADA,
GERMANY, FRANCE, THEY ALL
FIGURED OUT HEALTH CARE OUT.
DON'T SAY THEY HAVE TERRIBLE
HEALTH CARE.
IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
PORTIONS OPPOSE THIS
GRAHAM/CASSIDY BILL.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
THE AMERICAN DIABETES
ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION.
THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION.
CYSTIC FIBROSIS, THE ALS
ASSOCIATION, THE MARCH OF DIMES,
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY.
ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER GIVEN MONEY
TO THINKS THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
DO YOU TRUST THEY WILL OR DO YOU
TRUST HIM?
OKAY.
SO IF THIS BILL ISN'T GOOD
ENOUGH FOR YOU, CALL YOUR
CONGRESS PERSON.
THAT'S THE NUMBER.
TO GO YOUR CONGRESS PERSON,
WHEREVER HE OR SHE IS.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
YOU CAN'T JUST CLICK LIKE ON
THIS VIDEO.
TELL THEY WILL THE BILL DOESN'T
PASS YOUR TEST.
NOBODY OUTSIDE OF YOUR BUDDIES
IN CONGRESS WANTS THIS BILL
OFTEN 12% OF AMERICANS SUPPORTED
THE LAST ONE AND THIS ONE IS
WORSE.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A BIPARTISAN
GROOF OF SENATORS WORKING TO
IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
WE HAVE.
WE WANT QUALITY AFFORDABLE
HEALTH CARE.
DOZENS OF OTHER COUNTRIES
FIGURED IT OUT.
SO ENSTEAD OF JAMMING THIS
HORRIBLE BILL DOWN OUR THROATS,
GO PITCH IN AND BE A PART OF IT.
I'M SURE THEY COULD USE A GUY
WITH YOUR MEDICAL BACK GROUND.
IF NOT, STOP USING MY NAME.
I DON'T WANT MY NAME ON IT.
THERE IS A NEW JIMMY KIMMEL
TEST.
IT IS CALLED A LIE DETECTOR
TEST.
