Voters Trust Jimmy Kimmel On Health Care Over Congress: Poll
BY ROBERT VALENCIA ON 9/28/17 AT 6:21 PM
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, a vocal champion of affordable health care, has earned the trust of many voters, who according to a recent poll consider him more credible on the subject than Republican leaders.
By 47 percent to 34 percent, surveyed voters said they trust Kimmel more on health care issues than Republicans in Congress, Public Policy Polling found. He also has a 47 percent approval rating (with 30 percent disapproving), whereas House Speaker Paul Ryan of Kentucky sits at 25 percent approval and 51 disapproval. Sixty-one percent of voters have an unfavorable view of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, and Congress as a whole has a 9-76 split.
Kimmel has been a strong advocate of universal health care. In May, the host opened one of his monologues with emotional testimony about his son William John Kimmel, who was born in April with a serious heart condition. After sharing the story of his open-heart surgery, Kimmel made an impassioned plea about the importance of offering health care for patients with pre-existing conditions.
He asked that politicians be held accountable for their actions regarding health care legislation, CNN reported, adding that health care coverage should not be a partisan matter. “If your baby is going to die and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make,” he said at the time. “I think that’s something that whether you’re Republican or a Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right?
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