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Jimmy Kimmel has a lot more to say about Sen. Bill Cassidy and his and Sen. Lindsey Graham's recent health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act.

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00:00I'm sorry he does not understand.

00:01Oh, I get it. I don't understand because I'm a talk show host, right?

00:05Jimmy Kimmel's feud with Senator Bill Cassidy over health care isn't slowing down,

00:09and it escalated Wednesday night.

00:11It started Tuesday on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live when the host first slammed Cassidy

00:15and Senator Lindsey Graham's health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act.

00:19Kimmel said Cassidy was not very honest and lied right to my face

00:23when the senator appeared on the show back in May

00:25and said any future bills would pass the Jimmy Kimmel test.

00:28Kimmel explained that test means no child should be denied health care

00:32because the family cannot afford it.

00:34Kimmel claims the new bill does not pass that test

00:36and also does not do any of the things Cassidy had reportedly promised,

00:40including coverage for all, no discrimination based on pre-existing conditions,

00:45lower premiums for middle-class families, and no lifetime caps.

00:48Cassidy responded Wednesday on CNN's New Day claiming the late-night host does not understand.

00:53And we protect those with pre-existing conditions.

00:55Kimmel fired back later that evening on his show.

00:58Saying, oh, I get it.

01:00I don't understand because I'm a talk show host, right?

01:03Or could it be, Senator Cassidy, that the problem is that I do understand

01:07and you got caught with your geo-penis out?

01:10Kimmel is very passionate about health care.

01:12His nearly five-month-old son, William Billy Kimmel,

01:15was born with congenital heart disease

01:16and had to undergo open-heart surgery at just three days old.

01:20President Donald Trump also got involved.

01:22Of course he did.

01:23With this tweet on Wednesday in support of Senator Cassidy.

01:26He doesn't lie, just wants to help people.

01:29Kimmel tweeted his response.

01:30That's great news, Mr. President.

01:32Does that mean he'll vote against the horrible bill he wrote?

01:34Kimmel addressed a tweet exchange on Wednesday's show saying,

01:37there's no way President Trump read this bill that he says is great.

01:40He just wants to get rid of it because Obama's name is on it.

01:43The Democrats should just rename it Ivanka Care.

01:47Guaranteed he gets on board.

01:48For more of Kimmel's comments and a timeline of events surrounding this feud,

01:51make sure you head to THR.com and let us know what you think of all this in the comments.

01:56Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Jeremy Hassel.

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