That "bump!" you didn't hear was the sound of employer-sponsored health plans not being swarmed by new plan participants because of Obamacare's employer mandate.
A study by Mercer found that, yes, there was a jump in the number of American workers who received coverage via an employer-sponsored plan. But that bump up was the result of more workers entering the workforce and being eligible for an existing employer plan — not because employees opted for employer coverage thanks to PPACA.
The increase in 2015 over 2014 in sheer numbers of workers covered was small to begin with: 1.6 percent more. But the covered workforce grew by 2.2 percent during the same time.
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