Maybe, maybe not. Usually, advocates of universal (or more commonly, &quot;unconditional&quot;) basic income favor using it to, ultimately, replace existing means-tested aid programs. Whether they would also have supplemental, non-means-tested, programs based on special needs (e.g., medical conditions) or whether they would address those some other way (or not see them as public responsibilities) varies considerably between <i>which</i> source of need you are discussing, and which UBI advocate you are discussing it with.