--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Spoofs GOP Health Care Bill With Harry Potter description: Leading up to the release of Senate Republicans' new health care bill, Jimmy Kimmel shared his thoughts on the preparation of the proposal. canonical: https://time.com/4828280/jimmy-kimmel-healthcare-harry-potter/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-22T15:53:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:46.225Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Health Care Plan With Harry Potter Spoof og:description: "It’s the bill that must not be named." og:url: https://time.com/4828280/jimmy-kimmel-healthcare-harry-potter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe543b6682b80f95/6988d2d0cf40a8361cc483d5/screen-shot-2017-06-22-at-9-58-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2017-06-22 at 9.58.01 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Health Care Plan With Harry Potter Spoof twitter:description: "It’s the bill that must not be named." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe543b6682b80f95/6988d2d0cf40a8361cc483d5/screen-shot-2017-06-22-at-9-58-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Turned the GOP Health Care Plan Into the Darkest _Harry Potter_ Trailer Possible  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 22, 2017 3:53 PM UTC   by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 22, 2017 3:53 PM UTC Leading up to Senate Republicans’ release of a [new version of the American Health Care Act](http://time.com/4827805/senate-republican-health-care-obamacare-ahca-draft/), [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4826393/jimmy-kimmel-valedictorian-speech/) took some time to share his thoughts on the [closed-door preparation](http://time.com/money/4825746/ahca-health-care-law-senate/) of the proposal. During the opening monologue of Wednesday’s episode of _Live!_, the host blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his fellow GOP lawmakers for their lack of transparency regarding the bill. “\[McConnell\] is keeping this bill such a tightly guarded secret even senators in \[his\] own party haven’t been allowed to look at it,” he explained. “They’ve held no hearings, they’ve allowed no debate. All we know is the legislation — which would affect many millions of Americans — is being written in secret by a group of 13 male senators. All men, no women.” Kimmel went on to compare the plan to a plot from the _Harry Potter_ series, airing a fake trailer for _Mitch McConnell and the Chamber of Secrets_. “It’s the bill that must not be named,” he joked. 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