# Medicare: Advantage vs. Medigap **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-advantage-vs-medigap/1024830 "2025-11-13T15:22:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-advantage-vs-medigap/1024830/38 "2025-11-14T13:07:21Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > the NYT article is IMHO a steaming pile of shit. > [@I pit the New York Times, specifically their science reporting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-new-york-times-specifically-their-science-reporting/1024777): > > So, the big medical/science news yesterday was that the FDA plans to remove the “black box warning” on estrogen products designed for hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women. This is a topic i happen to know a lot about, because i spent an enormous amount of time researching it when i entered menopause and was debating taking estrogen. (Spoiler alert: i decided to do it, and I’m still wearing an estrogen patch.) play_button Some details about the issues and the research Anyway, based on modern und… I think the NYT likes to be alarmist. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-advantage-vs-medigap/1024830)._