The federal government should be able to get the health insurance exchange data hub running by Oct. 1, but it might not have time to test it very well, according to one watchdog agency.

One huge hurdle will be connecting so many different federal and state agencies, including state health departments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Internal Revenue Service.

The hub also will have spokes reaching out to agencies with less obvious health insurance relationships, such as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Homeland Security and the Peace Corps.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.