Offloading workers onto the exchanges could pay huge dividends. According to the S&P Capital IQ report, if all employers with more than 50 workers adopted this strategy, they’d collectively save $3.25 trillion. Among 500 of the country’s biggest companies, the total savings could amount to $700 billion over 10 years.

Firms will be hard pressed to leave these savings on the table — especially as their costs shoot up.

According to a recent study from the American Health Policy Institute, ObamaCare will saddle large firms — those with more than 10,000 employees — with an added $163 million to $200 million apiece in new costs over 10 years. That’s equivalent to $4,800 to $5,900 per worker.

Brokers in Nevada are already reporting premium spikes of 35 to 120 percent for businesses in the state renewing their policies this year.