I do not know what will happen but think we will see a lot more of this as well as class action lawsuits.
I don't think its super crazy if you are a True Believer. Insurance is actually a really big burden and it has been shown that the denials are messing up interpretation of trials. I can totally see how they think they are working with good intentions.
It's just depressing to me that this is where we are at, seemingly giving up on generating evidence and just trying to legislate proton use. The spirit of that law suggests that they will be arguing for continued proton use for prostate cancer even if Partiqol is negative. 1 in 4 proton cases in the US are prostate cancer.
Plus there are prominent doctors out there telling everyone that photon radiation is harming people in some settings based only on their beliefs.
I do think there are reasonable proton users out there trying to generate evidence, and some are very prominent. The ASTRO president is a good example. I guess they just dont care enough to push back against the non-sense and put us on a path to sanity.
Just depressing all around