Jimmy Kimmel is everything that's wrong with America's health-care debate

Thanks to Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, the healthcare policy pronouncements of late night comic Jimmy Kimmel are back in the headlines. This is terrible news, because Kimmel’s statements represent everything that is wrong about this nation’s healthcare debate.

For those just catching up, Kimmel’s entrance into the world of healthcare punditry started earlier this month, when he discussed in emotional terms the birth of a newborn son with a heart condition, and the medical intervention necessary to save him.

Now, it should be said at the outset that I’m sure that what Kimmel and his family went through was incredibly heart-wrenching and stressful and I am happy that his son seems to be doing well. But his experience, while deserving of empathy, does not mean his health policy statements get to go unchallenged.