Don Davis
Wants lower prescription drug prices and support for rural hospitals.
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Issue record
Health care
In short
Davis's campaign backs lower drug prices and help for rural hospitals. Buckhout's campaign says eastern North Carolina families need lower health costs; Bailey's lists no health care position on the pages checked. On the record, Davis's Medicare drug cost bill has not left committee. Most of a drug-middleman bill he cosponsored became law in the 2026 spending law; its text does not show what it will do to prices.
Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Laurie Buckhout
Says eastern North Carolina families need lower health care costs.
Tom Bailey
No position found. Searched his 2026 Ballotpedia survey answers; he has no campaign website (the one on his 2018 FEC filing does not load). His campaign Facebook page loads only up to a login wall; the public posts reached do not cover this.
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Evidence timeline
What the record shows.
official action
Don Davis: Matches stated direction
He introduced a Medicare Part D drug cost bill that has not moved, and cosponsored a drug middleman bill, most of which became law in the 2026 spending law he voted for.
Full detail
His campaign says he is fighting to lower prescription drug prices. In February 2025 he introduced the Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act with Republican August Pfluger. It would base what Medicare Part D patients pay toward a drug on its actual cost, not its list price, and has not moved past committee. In December 2025 he cosponsored Republican Buddy Carter's PBM Reform Act, which sets rules for the middlemen who run drug benefits. Most of its text became law in February 2026 inside the 2026 spending law, which he voted for. Limit: His own drug-price bill shows intent, not a result. The PBM rules target middlemen's fees and practices; the law's text does not show what they will do to prices. He joined the PBM bill five months after it was introduced.
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Sources10 source records
- Eastern North Carolina Firsthttps://www.votedondavis.com/delivering-new-page
Don Davis for NC · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His six priority sections: cost of living, jobs, education, rural infrastructure, military and veterans, and a practical approach. The text sits in collapsed panels on the page.
candidate statement
For: Don Davis: campaign position; Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- Issueshttps://www.lauriebuckhoutforcongress.com/issues
Laurie Buckhout for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Eight sections: economy, border, farmers and fishermen, the Second Amendment, the military, veterans, technology and AI, digital assets. One sentence about Democrats in general is not checked.
candidate statement
For: Laurie Buckhout: campaign position
- Tom Bailey (North Carolina)https://ballotpedia.org/Tom_Bailey_(North_Carolina)
Ballotpedia · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Carries his own answers to Ballotpedia's 2026 candidate survey, submitted February 15, 2026. Lists a campaign Facebook page (tombaileyforushouse) and no campaign website. Used only for his own words. The Facebook page loads only up to a login wall.
candidate statement
For: Tom Bailey: campaign position
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT TOM BAILEY (C00686212)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00686212/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Bailey's only FEC committee. It filed for the 2018 cycle and lists tombaileyushousenc.com, which did not resolve on October 1, 2026.
fec filing
For: Tom Bailey: campaign position
- H.R. 1244 (119th), Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1244
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced February 12, 2025 by Davis with Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) as original cosponsor. Referred to committee; no further action.
official legislative record
For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 1244, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr1244ih
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Would base Medicare Part D coinsurance on a drug's actual acquisition cost rather than its wholesale list price.
official legislative record
For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 4317 (119th), PBM Reform Act of 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4317
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsor Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA). Davis became a cosponsor on December 16, 2025. Congress.gov lists H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, as a related bill.
official legislative record
For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- H.R. 4317, introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4317ih
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Rules for pharmacy benefit managers in Medicare Part D, employer plans and Medicaid, including a ban on spread pricing in Medicaid.
official legislative record
For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ75
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Feb 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Enacted from H.R. 7148 on February 3, 2026. Sections 6223, 6224 and 6701 carry the titles and most of the text of H.R. 4317 sections 2, 3 and 4 (about four in five of its ten-word runs appear in the law).
official legislative record
For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction
- Roll Call 53, H.R. 7148, February 3, 2026 (document)
Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Motion to agree to the Senate amendments, 217-214, which sent the bill to the President. Davis: Yea. He also voted Yea on House passage on January 22, 2026 (Roll Call 45, 341-88). Read from Congress.gov's house-vote records; the Clerk's files returned HTTP 403 to the desk's script on October 1, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Don Davis: Matches stated direction