--- title: Trump's Healthcare Op-Ed Really Made Jimmy Kimmel Mad description: In the wake of Trump's controversial op-ed in USA Today, Jimmy Kimmel lashed out at the president's health care policy. canonical: https://time.com/5421845/trumps-health-care-op-ed-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-11T15:04:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:24.607Z og:title: Trump's Health Care Op-Ed Really Made Jimmy Kimmel Mad og:description: "You didn't keep that promise" og:url: https://time.com/5421845/trumps-health-care-op-ed-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb579e5934f4869c9/69893c6197cdff35d56b6711/screen-shot-2018-10-11-at-10-30-39-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy-Kimmel-Trump-Op-Ed og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump's Health Care Op-Ed Really Made Jimmy Kimmel Mad twitter:description: "You didn't keep that promise" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb579e5934f4869c9/69893c6197cdff35d56b6711/screen-shot-2018-10-11-at-10-30-39-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump's Health Care Op-Ed Really Made Jimmy Kimmel Mad  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 11, 2018 3:04 PM UTC  ABC/Jimmy Kimmel Live!  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 11, 2018 3:04 PM UTC In the wake of Trump’s [controversial op-ed](http://time.com/5420328/trump-medicare-for-all-op-ed/) in Wednesday’s issue of [_USA Today_](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/10/donald-trump-democrats-open-borders-medicare-all-single-payer-column/1560533002/), [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5419395/jimmy-kimmel-melania-trump/) lashed out at the president’s health care policy. During Wednesday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the late-night host slammed Trump for attacking Democrats over a health care proposal called Medicare for All while claiming that he kept a promise to protect coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. “You didn’t keep that promise. That promise was forced on you because [John McCain gave you the finger](http://time.com/4878038/john-mccain-vote-video/) and so you weren’t able to not keep that promise,” Kimmel said, referencing the moment that the late Sen. McCain [cast the deciding vote](http://time.com/4877796/health-care-senate-john-mccain-susan-collins-lisa-murkowski/) against the Republicans’ “skinny repeal” for the Affordable Care Act last year. “And yes, rates will go down in some states, but they would’ve gone down even further in all states if you and your buddies hadn’t spent the last year trying to cripple the plan we have now. This is like claiming you saved people from drowning after you put a hole in the side of the ship.” Watch the full clip of Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s healthcare op-ed below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5421845/trumps-health-care-op-ed-jimmy-kimmel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5421845/trumps-health-care-op-ed-jimmy-kimmel/"},"headline":"Trump's Health Care Op-Ed Really Made Jimmy Kimmel Mad","datePublished":"2018-10-11T15:04:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:24.607Z","description":"\"You didn't keep that promise\"","url":"https://time.com/5421845/trumps-health-care-op-ed-jimmy-kimmel/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb579e5934f4869c9/69893c6197cdff35d56b6711/screen-shot-2018-10-11-at-10-30-39-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb579e5934f4869c9/69893c6197cdff35d56b6711/screen-shot-2018-10-11-at-10-30-39-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jimmy-Kimmel-Trump-Op-Ed","caption":"","creditText":"ABC/Jimmy Kimmel Live!","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5421845/trumps-health-care-op-ed-jimmy-kimmel/","name":"Trump's Health Care Op-Ed Really Made Jimmy Kimmel Mad"}}]}] ```