Mending Health (formerly Taro Health) is leaving Maine’s insurance marketplace, and its plans end December 31, 2026. If you’ve been seeing us through a Mending plan, you can keep your direct primary care. For 2027, Community Health Options is the only CoverME.gov insurer offering a plan with $0 direct primary care built in: the Health Options Direct Primary Care Essential Bronze $8500 HSA HMO NE. It’s sold in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadaho

Genesis: The Personal Roots of a Professional Leap Dr. Lisa Lucas’s path to Direct Primary Care is as much about family and compassion as it is about medicine. Raised in New York and educated along the northeastern corridor, Dr. Lucas eventually landed in Maine, drawn by its community spirit and reputation as a great place to raise children. Her career evolved as she balanced medical training, work as a hospitalist, teaching in a residency, and—most importantly—raising three