Opinion: Dear Obamacare: Go away. Sincerely, a liberal.

To the editor: The Affordable Care Act’s repeal would benefit us all. As a giveaway to the health and pharmaceutical industries, every part of our monetized healthcare system has turned into an extortion racket and become unaffordable to too many of us. (“Trump embraces the cool parts of Obamacare — but not the part that makes it work,” Nov. 11)

As a longtime advocate for single-payer healthcare with mandated price controls, I see California, without the constraints of Obamacare, again leading the nation in reform and finally giving the people the gift of healthcare.

In the recent past, the state Legislature passed single-payer initiatives that were vetoed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. We have already entered a new era where hope is allied with the revolutionary spirit that is part of our American heritage.

Jerome P. Helman, MD, Venice

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