Ongoing legal challenges to health overhaul

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer ruled Thursday that the Obama administration is illegally spending billions of dollars to reimburse health insurance companies for offering lowered rates for poor people.

The state points to a November 2013 decision by President Barack Obama to allow insurance companies to offer people another year of coverage under their existing plans even if those plans didn't meet the requirements set out in the health care overhaul.

West Virginia officials said they too support allowing people to keep their health plan, but object that Obama took action without seeking congressional action or inviting comment before any changes took effect.