June 19, 2009 11:08AM 

# Howard Baker and Universal Coverage 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Add former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker (R‑TN) to the [Church of Universal Coverage](https://www.cato.org/?s=church+of+universal+coverage) faithful:

> Health care reform and universal coverage is \[sic\] indeed something \[sic\] whose time has \[sic\] come.

Baker joined fellow former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle (D‑SD) and Bob Dole (R‑KS) to [introduce](http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/June/17/Former-senators-propose-reform.aspx) a health care reform package. Daschle is already a high priest in The Church. For backing this proposal, Dole probably is too, but I don’t have any juicy quotes handy.

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