Sean Spicer Piggybacks on Jimmy Kimmel’s Plea for Health Care Reform: ‘We Share That Concern’

Sean Spicer responded to Jimmy Kimmel’s heartfelt plea for widespread health care access, telling reporters at his White House briefing Wednesday that the administration “shares” the late-night host’s concerns about the issue and the health of the ABC host’s newborn son.

Spicer seemed to use Kimmel’s monologue to push the administration’s new health care plan saying: “I think at the end of Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue he said that there is no… we need to have some of these things that aren’t Republican or Democrat, that they’re American policies and I think that’s what thew president is fighting for right now is to make sure we have a health care system that doesn’t matter where you live or your background, that it takes care of people.”

[...] critics argue that the current plan would undermine protections for people with pre-existing conditions by allowing states to decide whether they want to opt out or not (states would be required to create a high-risk pool to cover those individuals, though it’s unclear whether or not that would be enough).

In an emotional monologue on Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” the host revealed that his son Billy, born Friday, had open heart surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles after being diagnosed with a heart disease that blocked his pulmonary valve.

Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Fans With Family Photo After Revealing His Newborn Son's Heart Surgery

Kimmel closed the monologue by praising the Affordable Care Act and calling on Americans to rise above party lines to protect access to health care in America.