Mealey's (October 11, 2019, 2:54 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The United States’ amicus brief leaves no question about whether New York’s risk-adjustment program violates the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), an insurer tells the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Sept. 23 brief. But New York says in its own letter brief that the panel should ignore the government’s attempt to recharacterize its earlier position (UnitedHealthcare of New York Inc., et al. v. Linda Lacewell, et al., No. 18-2583, 2nd Cir.)....