We just got back from day one of the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy hearings on how insurance company bureaucracy is getting in the way of quality care for all Americans. The witnesses testifying presented powerful stories: some heartbreaking, some infuriating. Check out these videos of committee witnesses Wendell Potter and Karen Pollitz talking about the insurance companies' practice of denying coverage to victims of domestic violence.

Industry whistle-blower Wendell Potter says denial of coverage is just another part of how insurance companies bolster their profits Previously the head of communications at Cigna, Potter left his job working for the health insurance company in order to speak out against insurance industry abuses.

Karen Pollitz, from Georgetown Universities Health Policy Institute, notes that insurance companies have been denying domestic violence victims coverage for a long time:

We'll be sure to post more about the hearing very soon. In the meantime, take a few minutes and call Rep. Kucinich's office at 202-225-5871. Ask him to question the insurance executives testifying before his subcommittee tomorrow about the denial of coverage to domestic violence victims.