After finding out that Northern Light may cut ties with her health insurance provider, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Eliza Watson isn’t sure if she’ll be able to stay with the doctors that have been with her through eight months of cancer treatment.

Having a sense of continuity with her doctors over the course of the year has been important, she said. “To be in a situation where I might have to switch doctors now, at the end of my treatment, feels awful,” Watson said.

Watson, who lives in Gray, is one of tens of thousands of Mainers whose health care could become out-of-network if the two organizations don’t reach an agreement by Sept. 30.

As the contract deadline approaches, patients are coming up with contingency plans. Three people who get care from Northern Light and are insured

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