Jimmy Kimmel zinged his critics as he returned to late-night TVand resumed arguing that Americans deserve the level of health care given his infant son.

Back on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live this Monday after a week's absence, he said baby Billy is recovering well from open-heart surgery for a birth defect and thanked well-wishers. Then he charged back into the fraught topic.

"I made an emotional speech that was seen by millions, and as a result of my powerful words on that night, Republicans in Congress had second thoughts about repeal and replace" of the Affordable Care Act, he joked. "I saved health insurance in the United States of America!"