Kimmel: Nobody Should Worry About Whether They Can Afford To Save Their Child’s Life

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KENNEDY: "No. So one, health care is a right that should be enjoyed by every single family across this country, period, full stop. And I have worked very, very hard over the course of my time in Congress to make sure everybody does get access to quality, affordable healthcare. But what we’ve seen in the past is the details matter on this. There’s a couple bills in Congress that I think those details aren’t exactly quite done up yet. I get concerned about what that means. There are ways that we can go about doing this. We have essentially close to universal coverage in health care in Massachusetts. We’ve got 98% of people covered. We have to make sure — the basis on this, I quote you on this even though I never met you before, right, needs to be this idea that every single person in this country, nobody should worry about whether they can afford to save their child’s life, right? Period. The most powerful country in the world should be able to do that. Health care itself, in this country, I think it boils down to a fundamental question. How are we going to treat people at their time of deepest need? It’s something that people don’t think about very much until you need it, but when you need it, it’s the only thing you need. And we have the ability to make sure that nobody is denied because of pre-existing condition, that we can, in fact, make it accessible and affordable for everybody. I want to make sure that we do that in a way that’s responsible, that’s accurate and that covers everybody. And I think we can do that, but we have to be thoughtful about it. That’s all I’m asking."