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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 agr...

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 pr...

That we live in the greatest country in the world. until a few years ago, milons andillions of us had no access toealth 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 republi...

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 heal...

Thank you both for being here. first up, your reaction, brad, to what we just heard from that very emotional plea from jimmy kimmel. >> i think he speaks for tens of millions of americans who dpind themselves with health conditions and find it difficult to access insurance, perhaps not even possible to get insurance and i think it's a fundamental debate rather than all of the intracracies of health insurance. do people have the right to have health insurance or not? and should it be based on your income level or not? that's why republicans are finding it so hard to repeal obamacare. >> rebecca...