Jimmy Kimmel Praises Healthcare Workers, Affordable Care Act Following Son’s 3rd Open Heart Surgery

“Nothing matters more than taking care of each other,” the ABC host says

Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel attends the premiere of Netflix's "The Greatest Night in Pop" (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

Memorial Day weekend wasn’t very relaxing for Jimmy Kimmel – on Monday, the late-night host revealed his son Billy had his third open-heart surgery over the break. Thankfully, all went well.

“We went into this experience with a lot of optimism and nearly as much fear and came out with a new valve inside a happy, healthy kid,” Kimmel posted on Instagram along with a photo of a smiling Billy.

The ABC host then went on to prais his son’s doctors by name, shouting out “the brilliant surgeon Vaughn Starnes,” cardiologist Tim Casarez and Dr. Paul Viviano.

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