(Daily Beast) — Jimmy Kimmel’s 13-minute monologue about the harrowing experience he and his wife faced last week when their newborn son Billy needed emergency open heart surgery is easily the most talked-about story of the day. But it wasn’t the late-night host’s tears that has figures like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tweeting about it.
The last several minutes of Kimmel’s emotional speech were dedicated to a plea to President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress to stop trying to dismantle the Obamacare provisions that protect those like his son from being denied coverage for having a pre-existing condition like congenital heart disease. “No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child’s life,” he said through his tears. “It just shouldn’t happen. Not here.”
“Well said, Jimmy, That’s exactly why we fought so hard for the ACA, and why we need to protect it for kids like Billy. And congratulations!” former President Obama wrote.
