Sooo…..what happened to that big massive loss of American jobs due to Obamacare that Republicans kept jabbering about? Still waiting.

There is little evidence that employers are sacrificing full-time jobs by hiring more part-timers or reducing existing employee hours because of the costs of providing health coverage under Obamacare.

Conservative Republicans have pointed to the high level of part-time employment as evidence businesses are cutting hours for staff in response to the new healthcare law, which will require them to offer health insurance to full-time workers.

And one in five businesses in the service sector think President Barack Obama’s signaturehealthcare reform has hurt employment at their firms over the last three months, a National Association of Business Economics survey showed on Monday.

Ref. Analysis: Little evidence yet that Obamacare costing full-time jobs | Reuters.