I don't recall that he explicitly advocated for universal health care or tuition-free college in terms of public policy.

Cook may be pessimistic at times, but he's nowhere near as bad as Anthony Stolz...

https://medium.com/reading-raccoons-ruminations-regurgitation/book-review-the-silent-generation-by-anthony-stolz-779e8092fb9d

...or Jeff Gordinier:

https://medium.com/reading-raccoons-ruminations-regurgitation/book-review-x-saves-the-world-by-jeff-gordinier-ba648286eb10