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Tom Noland
Humana Corporate Communications
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Humana Investor Relations
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E-MAIL: rnethery@humana.com



           Charles Brewer, chairman of
  EarthLink, joins Humana's board of directors

     LOUISVILLE, Ky.- July 13, 2000-Humana Inc.
(NYSE: HUM) announced today that Charles Brewer,
chairman of EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELINK) - one of the
world's largest Internet service providers - has
joined its board of directors.
     Brewer's appointment is consistent with
Humana's ongoing commitment to using the speed,
convenience and cost-efficiency of Internet
technology to improve customer service and enhance
the information environment in which Humana's 5.9
million health plan members and more than 300,000
participating physicians make health care choices.
Humana is a leader in e-health connectivity and
was named the nation's 29th most Web-savvy company
by PC WEEK magazine in November 1999.
     "Charles is an important addition to Humana's
board in this time of rapid change," said  Michael
B. McCallister, president and chief executive
officer of Humana. "As a successful New Economy
pioneer, Charles brings to Humana both a deep
understanding of the Internet's power to transform
the transactional side of a business and a
passionate commitment to superb customer service."
                            - MORE -
     Headquartered in Atlanta, EarthLink provides
a full range of innovative access, Web-hosting and
e-commerce solutions to 3.5 million individuals
and businesses around the world. In February
EarthLink merged with MindSpring, another leading
Internet service provider, which Brewer founded in
1994 and where he served as chairman and chief
executive officer until the merger with EarthLink.
     "Humana is a health care leader with a great
heritage.  I think it will have an even greater
future, and I'm proud that I will have an
opportunity to contribute to that," Brewer said.
"I hope that my experience in building a
membership-based business by emphasizing company
culture and great customer service will be
helpful."
     Before founding MindSpring, Brewer, 41, was
chief executive officer of AudioFax, Inc., an
Atlanta company providing fax server software. He
was previously vice president of Sanders and
Company, a venture-capital firm based in Atlanta.
     He holds a master of business administration
degree from Stanford University in Palo Alto,
Calif., and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., where he
received a bachelor of arts degree in economics.
     Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville,
Ky., is one of the nation's largest publicly
traded managed health care companies, with
approximately 5.9 million medical members located
primarily in 15 states and Puerto Rico.  Humana
offers coordinated health care coverage through a
variety of plans -- health maintenance
organizations, preferred provider organizations,
point of service plans, and administrative service
products -- to employer groups, government-
sponsored plans, and individuals.
     More information regarding Humana is
available via the Internet at www.humana.com.,
including on-line copies of our annual report to
shareholders, Form 10-K, Form 10-Qs, proxy
statement, and recent presentations to investor
groups. A publication-quality photograph of Brewer
is also available on the Web site.

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