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by xondono 1805 days ago
That’s the “idea”, but there’s no way this would be the end result.

You’ll find the odd case of someone who instead of paying their health insurance decided to gamble their income or spent it on drugs. If UBI truly replaces public health, these people won’t have health services. There’s a snowballs chance in hell that you’ll be able to sell this politically in the EU.

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Again, that's not what UBI will be. It wil be a social program, health care being public in all EU countries will be apart. Also worth noting, you cannot be not insured in Europe. Drugs have nothing to do with that neither, all German drug addicts have health insurance.