[gpvos]

> lose your benefits

An unconditional basic income should include enough money to pay health insurance yourself.

[lmm]

This is Britain, thankfully we have free healthcare already; "benefit" here is used to mean what the US call "welfare".

[gpvos]

OK, I had missed that piece of context. Also, even though I think I am generally more familiar with British than with American English usage, I did not know this meaning of the word benefit.