Throughout the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Americans have been treated to story after story detailing the landmark law's effect on a variety of people.

There have been stories about cancer patients losing affordable plans and prescription coverage. There have been stories of brokers working with clients to select new plans or discuss government subsidies even though no commission is involved. There were stories about President Barack Obama symbolically signing up for health insurance according to the dictates of his signature domestic policy achievement. It seems as if almost every angle of Obamacare — 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 mass media even though its members have been profoundly impacted by the law: the insurance commissioners who oversee state insurance regulatory agencies. Some of them have seen significant impacts to their daily job and the divisions or offices they oversee.