Unhappy investors now have a little more leeway when seeking arbitration over a dispute with their broker.

Health insurance companies will send out about $330 million in rebates to employers and individuals this summer under the medical loss ratio rule under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.

Some states are tinkering with the federal governments Medicaid expansion program by using it to force new Medicaid patients to pay for and invest in their own health coverage.

For tax year 2013, the average contribution was $4,150 a 5.7 percent increase from tax year 2012 and the highest its ever been.