The federal health exchange risks missing its Oct. 1 rollout date because it has yet to prove it can protect people's privacy.

The Office of Inspector General issued a report Monday saying the contractor given the job of developing a system security plan had missed deadlines — the same day the Department of Health and Human Services started allowing people to set up personal accounts and passwords on the website for the federal exchange.


The Health Insurance Marketplace website will ask for Social Security numbers and income information as part of determining whether someone qualifies for subsidies toward buying coverage.


Final security documents were supposed to be submitted to the Inspector General on May 6 and July 1, but a government contractor for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services missed those deadlines, the Inspector General said in its report.


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