POLITICO's Paul Demko, who's in for host Dan Diamond, speaks withreporters Alice Ollstein and Sarah Karlin-Smith about what to expect onthe health care front from the lame-duck session of Congress (spoiler:not much). Plus, just as only Nixon could go to China, perhaps onlyRepublicans can limit drug coverage in Medicare Part D -- a discussionof proposed changes from CMS and the seeming lack of opposition fromCongressional Republicans, at least for the moment.

Reporting referenced in this episode:

GOP infighting delaying popular health bills

CMS takes on 'protected classes' in Part D