Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday suggested that Sen. Bill Cassidy William (Bill) Morgan CassidyCoushatta tribe begins long road to recovery after Hurricane Laura Senators offer disaster tax relief bill Bottom line MORE (R-La.) fails the “Jimmy Kimmel test” on health care.

“On health care, Cassidy flunks his own ‘Jimmy Kimmel test,'” the host tweeted, along with a link to an op-ed in The Washington Post.

Opinion | On health care, Cassidy flunks his own 'Jimmy Kimmel test' https://t.co/ZvoxYSHMaJ — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 18, 2017

Kimmel's tweet comes amid a new GOP effort to repeal ObamaCare led by Cassidy and Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE (S.C.). The bill, which would replace much of ObamaCare with block grants for states, is gaining steam in the Senate, and the Congressional Budget Office will release a “preliminary assessment” of the bill next week.

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Kimmel was referencing a phrase coined by Cassidy in May, in which Cassidy said the Senate Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare should “pass the Jimmy Kimmel test.”

"I ask, does it pass the Jimmy Kimmel test? Will a child born with congenital heart disease be able to get everything she or he would need in the first year of life? I want it to pass the Jimmy Kimmel test," Cassidy told CNN at the time, when asked if he could support a plan that included yearly or annual insurance caps.

Kimmel made an impassioned plea in support of ObamaCare on his show in May as he revealed his son was born that week with a heart defect.

“Let’s stop with the nonsense. This isn’t football. There are no teams,” Kimmel said. “We are the team. It’s the United States. Don’t let their partisan squabbles divide us on something every decent person wants.

“No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child’s life. It just shouldn’t happen. Not here.”

Kimmel reminded Cassidy in a tweet to follow the “Kimmel test” when Senate Republicans released a draft of their ObamaCare repeal plan in June.