@ketter1 Re: does Medicare over proton therapy? I haven't had proton therapy or attempted to get Medicare to pay for proton therapy so I don't know. Your RO could be correct, but it also seems to be correct to say Proton therapy can be covered by Medicare.

I found this on CMS.gov Search for the page using this term without the quotation marks: "LCD - Proton Beam Therapy (L35075)"

"PBT is considered reasonable in instances where sparing the surrounding normal tissue cannot be adequately achieved with photon-based radiotherapy and is of added clinical benefit to the patient."

Also: "Prostate Cancer: Coverage and payments of proton beam therapy for prostate cancer will require: Physician documentation of patient selection criteria (stage and other factors as represented in the NCCN guidelines);
Documentation and verification that the patient was informed of the range of therapy choices, including risks and benefits."