Mitigating loss of health insurance and means tested benefits in an unconditional cash transfer experiment: Implementation lessons from Stockton's guaranteed income pilot.

ABSTRACT: •Cash transfers, universal basic income, and guaranteed income have re-emerged as potential solutions to income volatility.•Methods used in Stockton's guaranteed income experiment, are testing how GI can exist alongside existing safety net benefits.•A multi-tiered approach to mitigating potential means tested benefits loss is both effective and ethically sound.

SUBMITTER: Baker AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7142678 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature