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The insurance commissioner runs one of the more important agencies you’ve likely heard little to nothing about. This department of nearly 275 people negotiates prices with companies who want to offer health insurance on the state’s exchange, regulates perhaps the most vampiric industry known to capitalism, and investigates all manner of complaints related to those companies. The place is also in trouble.

 

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