i think that s something now whether you re a republican or a democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right? i mean we do. [ applause ] no parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child s life. it just shouldn t happen. not here. that monolong garnered a rare tweet from president obama who wrote, well said, jimmy. that s exactly why we fought so hard for the aca, why we need to protect it for kids like billy. congratulations. the potential real world impact of the health care bill has made this a very, very tough vote for house republicans. asked today his position on the bill, gop representative darrell issa responded, quote, none of your business. much more on the increasingly desperate gop s health care hail mary right after this.
until a few years ago, millions and millions of us had no access to health insurance at all. before 2014, if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son was, there was a good chance you would never be able to get health insurance because you had a pre-existing condition. you were born with a pre-existing condition, if your parents did have medical insurance, you might not live long enough to get denied. if your baby is going to die and it haven t v to, it shouldn t matter how much money you make. that s something whether you re a republican or democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right? unfortunately we don t all agree on that. most of us, do, big majority of americans agree that any child born with a heart defect like billy kimmel should get the treatment that jimmy kimmel was able to afford. the reason he wants to cut is that we don t all agree on what he wants us to agree on. he wants to appeal obama care
that people with pre-existing conditions can get coverage. here s the thing. after last night getting those votes got even harder. that s because talk show host jimmy kimmel told an unbelievably moving and harrowing story about his newborn son, who was born with a heart defect. billy kimmel thankfully survived emergency surgery, and his father, in an emotional monologue made two key points. one, that his son could have died without his family s health insurance. and, two, that without obamacare s protections, billy kimmel might never, ever qualify for his own health insurance because of his pre-existing condition. we were brought up to believe that we live in the greatest country in the world. but until a few years ago, millions and millions of us had no access to health insurance at all. you know, before 2014, if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son was, there was a good chance you d never be able to get health insurance because you had a pre-existing condition. y
he did an x-ray his lungs were fine which meant his heart wasn t. now more doctors and nurses and equipment come in. it s terrifying thing, they call a pediatric cardiologist dr. evans zon he was picking his mother up from the airport, luckily her plane was not delayed he got there very quickly. they did an echo cardiogram and found that billy was born with a heart disease and then they brought my wife in and they wheeled her in and the doctor told her what was going on and what the options were and decided to take her to children s hospital where there s a world renown cardiac surgeon who is by all accounts is a genius. so he put the baby in an ambulance at the children s hospital of los angeles, on monday morning, dr. starns opened his chest and fixed one of the two defects.
because of a pre-existing condition. if your baby is going to die, and it doesn t have to, it shouldn t matter how much money you make. i think that s something now whether you re a republican or a democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right? i mean we do. [ applause ] no parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child s life. it just shouldn t happen. not here. that monolong garnered a rare tweet from president obama who wrote, well said, jimmy. that s exactly why we fought so hard for the aca, why we need to protect it for kids like billy. congratulations. the potential real world impact of the health care bill has made this a very, very tough vote for house republicans. asked today his position on the bill, gop representative darrell issa responded, quote, none of your business. much more on the increasingly desperate gop s health care hail mary right after this.