More than 50 new health exchange websites—luring more than 30million new users—will go live Oct. 1. So what could possibly gowrong?

Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act remainsthe subject of endless debate, some experts warn technology couldbe the law's early downfall.

At this summer's Colorado State Association of HealthUnderwriters' annual symposium in Denver, one speaker warned theexchange launch could be the “next Y2K”—millions of Americans mightfind their Internet crashing come October because of overwhelmingtraffic.

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