Written for The Texas Observer legislative blog "Floor Pass."

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told reporters at a Wednesday morning press conference that he has no plans to put Medicaid expansion on the legislative table. “We carefully cover, under Medicaid, those populations we feel need care,” he said. Dewhurst made clear that Texas should exclude from Medicaid adults who are “able-bodied, who could go out and work” Texas’ uninsured population is the highest in the country, a quarter of the state’s population lacks health insurance. Read the rest.