Often the administration of means testing costs as much as providing the benefit to everyone. Plus if people have to actively apply you end up excluding those who don't hear about it / can't fill out paperwork / don't have good internet access etc, which is inevitably the poorest.
Often the administration of means testing costs as much as providing the benefit to everyone. Plus if people have to actively apply you end up excluding those who don't hear about it / can't fill out paperwork / don't have good internet access etc, which is inevitably the poorest.