Cavalcade of Risk #137: Risk Grabs the Headlines

The stock market is in a daze . Standard and Poor’s recently downgraded the U.S. government debt from its triple A status. Control of the State Senate in Wisconsin is up in the air.  There are  riots in London  and famine in Somalia .

Risk is one of the few constants in our lives.  With risk-related topics grabbing the headlines, there is no better time to delve into the best risk-related blog posts on the web.

This week, we examine the important questions our risk experts can answer.  Without further ado, I present the 137rd edition of the Cavalcade of Risk.

A title was so clever I couldn’t phrase it as a question from dqydj.net:  Dr. S&P or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Credit Rating Downgrade

• ChristianPF asks: With a potential debt crisis mounting from the S&P downgrade, have politicians ignored a looming long-term care crisis ?
• Workers’ Comp Insider wonders if Facebook, Twitter and other social media postings are fair game when conducting a workers comp fraud investigation ?
• Colorado Health Insider asks Which services is HHS mandating that private insurance companies include in their benefit package ?
• Disease Management Care blog asks: Why is Medicare Reform Is Unlikely? and Why does Medicare need Disease Management more than ever ?
• The Health Business Blog asks Why is the current regulatory framework for “substantially equivalent” devices flawed ?
• The Healthcare Economist asks Who is participating in States High Risk health insurance pools ?

• The Thriving Small Business asks Have you put together your emergency management and disaster recovery plan ?
• how to Retire Rich asks What common mistakes do people make which puts their identity at risk ?
• My Personal Finance Journey asks If you were homeless, how would you improve your situation ?

• The Risk Management Monitor asks How did a drunk band leader cost Lloyd’s of London $15 million ?
• Insureblog presents Because you never know …

The next CoR host is Nina Kallen of Insurance Coverage Law in Massachusetts .