--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Provokes a Barista for Children's Health Care description: Jimmy Kimmel used a barista to illustrate why CHIP shouldn't be used as a negotiating tool in the government's short-term budget deal. canonical: https://time.com/5109607/jimmy-kimmel-barista-childrens-health-care/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-19T18:52:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:46:50.000Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Enlisted a Coffee Barista to Make the Case for Children's Health Care og:description: See what happens when the host tries to order a cappuccino og:url: https://time.com/5109607/jimmy-kimmel-barista-childrens-health-care/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5ace17ffeaf9006/6988f8d0bc6cfc70733e4b62/screen-shot-2018-01-19-at-10-26-30-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-01-19 at 10.26.30 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Enlisted a Coffee Barista to Make the Case for Children's Health Care twitter:description: See what happens when the host tries to order a cappuccino twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5ace17ffeaf9006/6988f8d0bc6cfc70733e4b62/screen-shot-2018-01-19-at-10-26-30-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Has a Brand New Method for Making His Health Care Case  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:46 PM UTCPublished: Jan 19, 2018 6:52 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:46 PM UTCPublished: Jan 19, 2018 6:52 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5104004/jimmy-kimmel-trump-martin-luther-king/) has come up with a whole new method for illustrating why the [Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)](http://time.com/5061240/children-chip-health-insurance/) shouldn’t be used as a negotiating tool in negotiations to avert [a government shutdown](http://time.com/5109899/government-shutdown-explainer/?xid=homepage). During Thursday’s episode of _Live!_, the host enlisted a coffee barista to demonstrate his take on why attaching a program that provides coverage for nearly nine million low-income kids to the short-term government spending bill doesn’t make sense. In a segment dubbed “Barista Theatre,” Kimmel tried to order a cappuccino at a coffee cart only to be told that he couldn’t have his drink unless he also paid for a giant bag of horses–t. When Kimmel refused, the barista proceeded to flip over the cart and announce that he was shutting the entire establishment down. “The bottom line is if they want to fund CHIP, which they claim they do because they care about children, they could do that immediately,” Kimmel explained. “If they took a vote on CHIP alone, there would be no votes against it. 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