Mending Health Insurance
Formerly Taro Health
In 2022, Mending Health Insurance (formerly Taro Health) brought their innovative health insurance products to Cumberland County, Maine. Mending offers multiple plans including some that include direct primary care at $0 to patients effectively eliminating the barrier to access to foundational primary care.
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Direct Primary Care + Comprehensive Insurance
We believe all families deserve access to comprehensive primary care. Traditional comprehensive insurance includes primary care but their premiums are very expensive. High-deductible insurance lowers the monthly premium but typically only covers one preventative visit per year. This is not enough to keep our patients well. We partnered with Mending to create a new approach to health care. Mending provides insurance for specialist care, imaging, medications and unexpected higher-acuity care like hospital admissions and surgeries. Direct primary care offers patients access to their primary care physician that operates in a model that has the time to take care of them.
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How do I sign up?
Step 1- Sign up with Mending. Please ensure you are on a DPC plan.
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Step 2 - Contact a local DPC to ask if they are taking Mending patients. If so, they will advise you on protocols and help you sign up. You are eligible for DPC when your Mending plan is in effect. Please do not sign up with a DPC until you are an active Mending patient.
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Step 3 - Make an appointment with your direct primary care physician and enjoy having a new partner in health.
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Already a Mending Member?
Dr. Rulf is currently accepting new Mending patients. You can sign up with Dr. Rulf below or schedule a meet and greet.​
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