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ELI5: Why "universal basic income" as opposed to "universal basic provisions"?

I understand the concept of universal basics income. Simply put, people receive a minimum amount of money (for whatever reason) that's to be used for basic living expenses.

My question is why is money involved at all? The recipient doesn't need money, they need food, clothing, shelter. So why not make it "universal basic provisions" and supply the things that the recipient is expected to spend the money on?
gpt
Because the idea of Universal Basic Income, is in part, to avoid serious bureaucracy. 

Giving everyone basic food, clothing, shelter and whatever they need results in serious administrative overhead, as you need to organize all those services (which are entirely separate from civilian services already existent), then check if those are adequate for everyone, to avoid wasting resources that some people don't need, or that are misappropriate.