5 years of income eliminated poverty

A Canadian town experimented suceessfully in eliminating poverty by guaranteeing an income (Mincome). The experiment took place forty years ago, in the 1970's.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/23/mincome-in-dauphin-manitoba_n_63...

In 2011 a paper distilling how Mincome affected people’s health using census data. (The research) found overall hospitalization rates (for accidents, injuries, and mental health diagnoses) dropped in the group who received basic income supplements.