Universal basic services
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Not to be confused with Universal basic income.
Universal basic services (UBS) is an idea[1] of a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a community, region, or country receive unconditional access to a range of free, basic, public services, funded by taxes and provided by a government or public institution. The basic services commonly include:[2]
- education
- health care
- social housing
- essential food
- buses and trains
- basic internet
- legal aid and representation
Further services, where there are low or zero marginal costs for adding further users are:
- electricity and heating
- basic water and sanitation
- retail banking
- public broadcast media