Throughout the implementation of the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act, Americans have been treated to story afterstory detailing the landmark law's effect on a variety ofpeople.>>

There have been stories about cancer patients losing affordableplans and prescription coverage. There have been stories of brokersworking with clients to select new plans or discuss governmentsubsidies even though no commission is involved. There were storiesabout President Barack Obama symbolically signing up for healthinsurance according to the dictates of his signature domesticpolicy achievement. It seems as if almost every angle ofObamacare—positive or negative—has been covered several times over.And it's not likely to slow down, either.

But there is one group that has largely been ignored by the massmedia even though its members have been profoundly impacted by thelaw: the insurance commissioners who oversee state insuranceregulatory agencies. Some of them have seen significant impacts totheir daily job and the divisions or offices they oversee.