If universal health care saves 50% from total health care costs, why didn't Vermont switch to it?

Somehow Vermont didn't want to raise taxes to pay for the massive *increase* in health care spending, let alone break even, let alone find 50% health care savings.

Oh and if it saves so much money why didn't Bernie use his bully pulpit to get Vermont to switch so they can benefit from the massive savings?

Note: this is not a normative judgment on whether the US should adopt a universal health care system but a positive statement that a universal health care system will result in total increased health care spending.