Before Direct Primary Care had a name, Dr. Clint Flanagan was selling monthly membership medicine in Longmont, Colorado for $99 a month. He opened his own clinic 15.1 miles from a former employer to clear a non-compete, met Dr. Garrison Bliss over a long dinner in Denver, and grew Nextera Healthcare into more than 100 affiliated clinics.

Direct Primary Care Doctor Dr. Ingrid Liu is the owner and director of Progressive Health Primary Care, PLLC, an Oak Park-based Direct Primary Care practice. With an extensive medical background, Dr. Liu earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, her osteopathic medical degree at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed her residency at the West Suburban Hospital Family Medicine program in Oak Park. As a dedicated family

Dr. Aleem Kanji finished his Baylor endocrinology fellowship with no student loan debt, then used the savings to open Ethos Endocrinology instead of taking a job. He tried a membership, found specialty patients did not want the commitment, and switched to per visit pricing. His landlord covered two thirds of the build out.