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\"I'd like to apologize for saying that children in America should have health care,\" he joked. \"It was insensitive – it was offensive – and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.\"

To further the conversation, he interviewed Bill Cassidy, a Republican senator from Louisiana who last week tweeted that there should be a \"Kimmel Test\" for any healthcare bill passed.

The Jimmy Kimmel Test, he noted, would be in place to ensure that any healthcare plan would adequately cover pre-existing conditions \"but in a fiscally conservative way that lowers cost.\"

\"I happen to like [it] a lot,\" Kimmel said. \"He is a doctor – a gastroenterologist. He is married to a retired doctor -- his wife Laura, was a surgeon. And he co-founded the Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, which provides free dental care and health care to the working uninsured. So obviously – this is someone who cares about people's health.\"

Others on-hand for Kimmel's first night back are Zach Galifianakis, Tracee Ellis Ross, and the band Logic.

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