Those who believe government can provide health insurance better than the free market need to look at Vermont. For years, Vermont has geared its health-care policy toward creating a single-payer system. Perhaps that’s not a surprise given that the state keeps re-electing Sen. Bernie Sanders, an ardent socialist. As it turns out, it’s easier to share someone else’s money. Just like it’s easier to campaign on single-payer health care than to make it a reality. And Vermont has tried. In 2011, the state passed a single-payer health care bill. Then the estimated costs came in. Paying for it would have required an 11.5% payroll tax and an income tax hike. In 2014, then-Gov. Peter Shumlin decided that “free” government health care cost too much and abandoned the scheme. But many of the legislative policies that were aimed at creating government-run health care remained in place. As a result, Vermont’s health care marketplace offers coverage from only two private health insurance companies. New Hampshire has four companies offering coverage. Massachusetts residents can choose from