NU Online News Service, Oct. 26, 2:43 p.m. EDT

The bill approved by the House Judiciary Committee repealing health and malpractice insurers' limited exemption from antitrust laws will not impact health insurers' credit ratings, said Moody's Investors Service.

The Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, which passed the committee Wednesday, "is not seen as having a meaningful impact on the credit quality of the sector," the rating firm said in its Weekly Credit Outlook.

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