U.S. official challenges claim that Obamacare hurts workers

U.S. official challenges claim that Obamacare hurts workers-reuters: At a stormy House of Representatives committee hearing, Marilyn Tavenner, who heads the Medicare and Medicaid programs, said she has found only anecdotal evidence of employers reducing work hours or benefits because of worries about President Barack Obama's landmark reforms, which take effect on January 1. "I am out there. I am listening. I do hear isolated incidents of individuals trying to cut back hours," said Tavenner, who is overseeing much of Obamacare's implementation as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.