A 2nd insurance-free medical clinic comes to Aroostook County

A 2nd insurance-free medical clinic comes to Aroostook County

Maria Rutmann was burnt out. Approaching her eighth year as a pediatrician with Northern Light Health in Presque Isle, she worked in perennial frustration with the system she operated in. Patient visits were getting shorter and shorter. She was not offering care that met her standards. She had reached a breaking point. “Administration was just asking unreasonable amounts out of us,” Rutmann said. “I’m very efficient, so when I’m tapping out, we’…