Lobbyists and members of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) descended on Washington D.C. yesterday for a meeting at the Capitol Hilton. The timing was suspect, to say the least. Now that a competitive public option seems likely, AHIP appeared to be drumming up fear by releasing a report suggesting they'd be forced to hike health premiums if reform passed into law. And earlier this week, an AHIP lobbyists told Republicans not to "comfort the enemy" by voting with Democrats on health care reform. After months of pretending to support reform, insurance companies are finally showing their true colors.

As the insurance industry lobbyists plotted, over 500 health care supporters decided to mobilized outside the Hilton with signs, t-shirts and chants. SEIU members and supporters joined the protest, donning "I am not a pre-existing condition" t-shirts to show their support for ending insurance company discrimination against women.

Inside the building, seven families who had been denied care by the insurance companies demanded to meet with AHIP's President Karen Ignagni. The group wanted to share their health care stories with her, but she declined to even meet with them!

Meanwhile, outside the protestors only grew louder chanting: "AHIP, get off it! People over profit!"