Fact-checking Sen. Cassidy’s rebuttal to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel about the Obamacare repeal bill

The following newsletter is from the Washington Post September 22, 2017:

Politics and Hollywood can create a head-scratching moment when they merge (see: Sean Spicer cameo at the Emmys mocking his inauguration crowd size Four-Pinocchio claim). This week, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel attacked Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) over a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.”

Kimmel claimed the bill “will kick about 30 million Americans off insurance.” (That’s a high-end estimate.) Firing back, Cassidy said “more people will have coverage. … There are more people who will be covered through this bill than under the status quo.” Continue reading “Fact-checking Sen. Cassidy’s rebuttal to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel about the Obamacare repeal bill”