CA Dem Cut Employee Health Care Benefits as Real Estate Executive

Rep. Harley Rouda, who has called health care "a right for every American" amid a tight reelection bid, cut health care benefits for employees of his real estate company in 2013, a former staff member told the Washington Free Beacon.

Months later, the California Democrat rescinded health care coverage for workers at the agency, according to the longtime former employee.

Rouda has since placed health care at the center of his campaign against Republican Orange County supervisor Michelle Steel.

Rouda's campaign site calls health care coverage "a right for every American" and stresses the need to "Improve and expand health care coverage-not dismantle it." Rouda also told the Los Angeles Times that he was "Running to protect health care coverage" in his 2018 campaign against former GOP congressman Dana Rohrabacher.

Rouda's former employee called the Democrat's stance on health care "Absurd."

The former employee went on to leave the company in order to secure health benefits elsewhere.

Rouda has since criticized Steel on health care throughout his reelection bid, accusing the Republican and President Donald Trump of "Coming for your health care during a global pandemic" in a September tweet.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/ca-dem-cut-employee-health-care-benefits-as-real-estate-executive/