President Barack Obama’s federal health care law may be safe from repeal, but it’s drawing nothing close to a salute in Texas. Just as before last week’s election, state leaders criticize President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement, even after he won re-election and Democrats strengthened their grip on the U.S. Senate. Among the biggest immediate issues, expanding Medicaid and creating an exchange for people to seek insurance coverage is one issue where state leaders aren’t budging. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas is home to nearly 6.1 million who lacked health insurance for all of 2011. That’s the highest percentage 23.8 of any state. Governor Perry's Press Secretary Catherine Frazier said “Texas will not be a subcontractor to Obamacare.” There is nothing flexible about this, noting that federal officials still would “dictate how it’s operated” and enforce “rules that haven’t even been determined. According to federal law, if a state doesn’t roll out an exchange, the federal government will. States have been given a Friday deadline in order to notify federal officials that they want to run their exchange. Frazier said Texas has no plans to respond.