Basic Income Could Reduce ER Trips, Research Suggests

Basic Income Could Reduce ER Trips, Research Suggests

A cyclist rides near the Tobin Memorial Bridge, background, in Chelsea, Mass., in 2021. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Giving cash to poor people could result in fewer emergency department visits, new research suggests. The study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at almost 2,900 low-income people who applied for a lottery in the Boston suburb of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Nearly 1,750 of them received up to $400 per month from November 2020 to August 2021. The researchers then looked at health records and found that those who received the money had 27% fewer visits to […]

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