Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., believes an early discussion draft on healthcare reform meets the “Jimmy Kimmel” test on whether people will have adequate healthcare coverage.
“If your loved one gets sick will they have adequate coverage, as best as I can tell it does but again I need to read the text,” he said after leaving a closed-door meeting Thursday where GOP leadership outlined the bill.
Cassidy said earlier this year any Senate healthcare bill needs to meet that test, a reference to a monologue from late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel recounting the struggles his child had faced getting care for a congenital heart defect.
“If your baby is going to die and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make,” Kimmel said.
Shortly after that monologue aired, Cassidy said on CNN that any bill must pass the “Jimmy Kimmel test.”
“Would the child born with a congenital heart disease be able to get everything she or he would need in that first year of life … even if they go over a certain amount?” he said on CNN.
