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Why Dental Care Might Be the UBI Linchpin Nobody Sees
Nobody trusts the institutions that would run the check. Dalton Conley tells Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave a sovereign wealth fund modeled on Alaska's Permanent Fund — structured like the Federal Reserve — might be the only design that survives politics. When Alaskans get bigger checks, they go to the dentist more, and missing teeth is one of the most stigmatizing outcomes in American life. Two siblings raised in the same house can have wildly different health outcomes based entirely on which genetic hand they drew.
(00:00) Who runs the check – when every institution's credibility is…
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