Vermont gives up on single payer system, citing ballooning costs

I'm not surprised because the ambition was always nuts.  I am sad though, because it would have been fun to watch one of the least dynamic, poorest, most left wing (but I repeat myself) places in America try to impale itself over and over while yanking hard on it's own petard and screeching "righteousness".  The train wreck would have been epic and educational.  Sigh.