Jon Stewart is not amused.

You may recall how the host of “The Daily Show” pushed hard for the so-called Zadroga bill, dedicating an entire evening to championing the long-delayed legislation to provide ongoing health care to 9/11 workers.

And after the act was finally approved by Congress, Stewart hosted Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was instrumental in its passage, for a little love fest.

So, it’s no surprise that Stewart was among those infuriated by the federal government’s decision that cancer is being excluded from the illnesses covered by the act, with experts insisting there’s no firm medical proof that first responders’s apparent higher incidence of the disease can indeed be linked to the time they spent at Ground Zero.

Stewart’s response in a nutshell: Proof, schmoof.

“The worst-case scenario here is we accidentally treated a 9/11 responder’s cancer, even though his cancer may not be proven to have its genesis on 9/11,” Stewart said. “How about everyone who worked down there on the pile gets a pass on the origin of their personal tumors?”

“So, if you’re someone who spent time on the pile, I don’t care if you ate 200 Sweet-n-Low packets a day sprinkled on your favorite cereal – Tumor-Os – while wearing a cellphone suit and smoking Chernobyl Lights – unfiltered – and making regular stops to your favorite snack joint, Agent Orange Julius. You get cancer, we cover it.”

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