While health care sales jobs grew this summer, the total growth rate remains under 1 percent, and this slow rate is attributed to the uncertainty of health care reform's future, according to a report by MedReps.com.

The report maintains hiring should increase once the uncertainty is removed despite the outcome of election.

"There's no doubt the election will impact our industry," says Karyn Mullins, executive vice president and general manager of Healthcare Staffing Technologies, which owns and operates MedReps.com. "But regardless of who wins in November, we fully expect our job count to go up in January. Historically, it's the biggest month of the year, and we don't expect 2013 to be any different."

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