A Louisiana We Can All Afford

Affordability

Costs for basic family needs – from healthcare, groceries, housing – have risen faster than working families can afford.  As your U.S. Senator, Jamie Davis will:

  • Reverse the 2025 Tax Law changes that added $4,000 Billion of national debt over ten years with 60% of the cost going to big business, billionaires, and top 10% of households.  Jamie will insist that tax laws are changed to provide the most benefits to working families not the wealthy.  He is not fooled by the $100 Billion out of $4,000 (2%) that goes to No Tax on Tips or Overtime provisions.

  • Maintain Affordable Healthcare  access with subsidies at levels established in 2022-25 for the Health Insurance Marketplace   Reverse provisions of the Trump/Republican OBBA that make Medicaid harder to access and reduce support to rural and urban hospitals.

  • Pass laws that steadily increase the Federal minimum wages to levels that allow a single person or family to meet basic needs.  Support small businesses during this transition.

  •  Provide resources and laws to accelerate development of affordable housing both rental and owner-occupied.

  • Require utility regulators to be sure that the full costs of new industrial and data center energy needs are paid for by those developers and NOT passed on to other consumers and communities.

  • Strengthen laws and enforcement against monopolistic practices to improve market competition for both businesses, farmers, and consumers.   Streamline permitting for small businesses, farmers, and contractors so they can operate more efficiently.

  • Invest in infrastructure to apply Louisiana’s natural resources including the Mississippi River to for a vibrant growing economy in our rural, urban, and suburban communities.

Healthcare

Healthcare is a basic human need. All people in civilized communities should share in meeting this need. Jamie will prioritize improving how this is done by:

  • Supporting change to a simpler system that assures everyone can obtain and afford medical care – no matter their income or zip code.

  • Support a transition to Medicare option for all that assures fair, attractive compensation to medical professionals and support staff and reduces the institutional profit incentive in healthcare delivery and insurance that frustrates both patients and medical professionals.

  • Promptly reducing prescription drug prices apply government buying power and co-investment in medical innovation.

  • Immediately Rollback the Republican OBBA Medicaid provisions that complicate access to Medicaid and undermine urban and rural hospitals that depend on Medicaid.  Modernize systems and compensation for telehealth and so healthcare professionals can focus on patients not billing.

  • Improve services and programs for mental health & addiction treatment, including community-based healthcare services.

  • Reduce out-of-network charges to Medicare rates and eliminate medical bankruptcy.

Education

No matter where they grow up, every child in Louisiana deserves to have a chance at success. Our schools fall far behind national averages. Jamie will:

  • Raise teacher pay to competitive regional levels.

  • Increase per-pupil funding for stronger classrooms.

  • Strengthen Federal support for improved educational system using modern techniques and for a modern economy.  Assure availability to all communities.

  • Make college, vocational training, and technical skills—from welding to nursing to IT—affordable and accessible.

  • Strengthen partnership of industry and higher education for 21st century jobs.

Constitution, Rule of Law, and Freedom

Jamie Davis is an independent-minded farmer and Christian family man. He honors the rule of law and the checks and balances in the Constitution that provide rules that support our cherished personal freedoms. While an independent Democrat, like Republican Senator John McCain, Jamie will put common sense and Country over Party. Jamie believes:

  • The United State Senate has a critical role to oversee and check the power of Executive Branch and demand balance, experience, and quality in judicial and executive appointments.

  • We should enforce our borders and immigration laws consistent with the due process and Constitution. Strict enforcement can and should be consistent with respect for humanity and our history as a nation of immigrants and the productive role of immigrants in our economy. We need to update our immigration laws to provide both legal pathways and strong enforcement.

  • Religious freedom is a Constitutional right to be protected   Government should not unduly limit reproductive freedom on religious grounds.

  • Mutual respect for humanity and differences should be a core value.