Introduction

I am circulating this plan at this late stage of the health care debate because most of the proposals out there are totally inadequate. This plan is a hybrid of government provided coverage, private insurance and regional and trade association co-ops (Not as public option replacements, but as an additional choice. I'd be very disappointed if the eventual health care bill doesn't include a public option and co-ops are inadequate alternatives).

Below is a link to an article in City Hall News positioning Steve Harrison as the Candidate of the people and Recchia as the machine candidate in a potential primary for the right to unseat Vito Fossella, the only Republican representing NYC in the house.

http://www.cityhallnews.com/news/128/ARTICLE/1316/2007-11-12.html

For those of you not familiar with the 13th Congressional District (Staten Island, Bay Ridge) race, Harrison received a higher percentage of the vote than any other Democrat since the district was gerrymandered to be Republican, including Staten Island elected officials, despite being out raised 13-1 (although the 130k raised from April 06 until election day was the third most by any Democratic candidate for this seat).