Health Care Reform

Seven in 10 health care professionals said the system is less stable today than it was two years ago.

"The strong pace of M&A activity continued through the second quarter, while the profile of the organizations pursuing partnerships and the underlying strategic rationale continued to shift," said Courtney Midanek, managing director and coleader of the company's M&A practice.

But Keith Sonderling declined to say when exactly new implementation regulations might show up.

Half of all voters, including 6 in 10 Democrats and 55% of independents, said this issue is extremely important for candidates to talk about.

Bills that would have penalized companies with workers enrolled in Medicaid failed in Washington state and Colorado this year.

The groups estimate sticking with the current rules will increase the number of uninsured people by 50%.