--- title: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Advocates for Health Care After Cancer description: During an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Julia Louis-Dreyfus advocated for health care for all after her battle with breast cancer. canonical: https://time.com/5429598/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-2/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-19T16:42:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:32.491Z og:title: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Talks Health Care After Beating Cancer og:description: "Health care should be for all" og:url: https://time.com/5429598/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6376ad6021577c0/69893d07fb4eac7493897f7e/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-health-care-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The National Breast Cancer Coalition's 18th Annual Les Girls Cabaret - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Talks Health Care After Beating Cancer twitter:description: "Health care should be for all" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6376ad6021577c0/69893d07fb4eac7493897f7e/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-health-care-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Julia Louis-Dreyfus on What She Learned From Battling Breast Cancer: 'Health Care Should Be For All'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 19, 2018 4:42 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: Julia Louis-Dreyfus attends the National Breast Cancer Coalition's 18th Annual Les Girls Cabaret at Avalon Hollywood on October 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: Julia Louis-Dreyfus attends the National Breast Cancer Coalition's 18th Annual Les Girls Cabaret at Avalon Hollywood on October 7, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)Emma McIntyre—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 19, 2018 4:42 PM UTC In 2017, [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](http://time.com/4653230/screen-actors-guild-awards-2017-julia-louis-dreyfus/) announced that she was [diagnosed with breast cancer](http://time.com/4961480/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer/); now, just over a year later, the [_Veep_](http://time.com/4930772/veep-hbo-season-7-last/)star is opening up about what she learned from her battle with breast cancer. During an appearance on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!,_ Louis-Dreyfus proactively addressed her cancer diagnosis. “I’m good. I’m here. I know we have to get this cancer sh-t out of the way so bring on the questions,” she said humorously before confirming to Kimmel that her cancer was gone. Louis-Dreyfus then used her story to show her support for affordable healthcare for all, saying that she would have been able to get well without it. “I very much considered the notion that, as someone battling this disease, the idea that I might not have health insurance, which I do thanks to my great union, is completely terrifying,” she said. “Health care should be for all. I believed that before; now I really believe it.” Louis-Dreyfus then encouraged people to visit Multiply Your Vote, an organization she’s done PSAs and work for recently. The group has recruited thousands of volunteers for the upcoming midterm elections. 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