Specifically for giving cash money? No. But the UK has experience with benefits that are automatic versus have to be claimed and it's noticeable.
As an example elderly people in the UK are entitled to use some types of public transport at no cost so as to ensure they don't end up isolated (of course right now isolating them is a good idea, but ordinarily it's a problem). But the entitlement takes the form of a smartcard with photo ID. So of course you need to do paperwork to get it. The very wealthiest may not bother, if you have a chauffeur who cares about free bus travel? But the poorest don't apply at anywhere close to expected rates, because somebody needs to explain to them that they need to apply, help them take a photograph and upload it, and so on.
Are you sure about Nordic countries just "giving people" money with no strings attached? They have much better social safety nets than the US, which are important for softening things like this - but an improved social safety net is not free money.
As an example elderly people in the UK are entitled to use some types of public transport at no cost so as to ensure they don't end up isolated (of course right now isolating them is a good idea, but ordinarily it's a problem). But the entitlement takes the form of a smartcard with photo ID. So of course you need to do paperwork to get it. The very wealthiest may not bother, if you have a chauffeur who cares about free bus travel? But the poorest don't apply at anywhere close to expected rates, because somebody needs to explain to them that they need to apply, help them take a photograph and upload it, and so on.
Are you sure about Nordic countries just "giving people" money with no strings attached? They have much better social safety nets than the US, which are important for softening things like this - but an improved social safety net is not free money.