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NationsHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHRX; NHRXW; NHRXU) today announced an agreement to provide member education and enrollment services to Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) in support of their nationwide Medicare Part D prescription drug plans for 2007. Health Net currently serves over 290,000 Part D members and will offer expanded Medicare PDP stand-alone coverage in all 50 states beginning in January 2007, up from 10 states in 2006. NationsHealth specializes in one-to-one communication with Medicare beneficiaries and will provide education, enrollment and outreach campaigns in support of Health Net�s multi-channel distribution model to potential Health Net PDP members in forty-one states plus the District of Columbia. �Adding another national plan sponsor like Health Net allows us to leverage aspects of our proprietary infrastructure, including over 150 licensed insurance agents and extensive PDP expertise,� said Dr. Glenn M. Parker, NationsHealth Chief Executive Officer. �While highly customized for Health Net, this service offering is complimentary to our existing business line.� Health Net is the second national Medicare PDP for which NationsHealth will provide services during the 2007 plan year. NationsHealth has an existing agreement with CIGNA Corp. to provide education, enrollment and customer service for its Medicare Part D prescription drug plans nationally through 2009. About NationsHealth, Inc. NationsHealth improves the delivery of healthcare to Medicare and managed care beneficiaries by providing medical products and prescription related services. NationsHealth provides home delivery of diabetes, ostomy and pharmacy products to approximately 102,000 patients across the nation. NationsHealth is also the provider of diabetes supplies to over 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries at over 1,100 Kmart pharmacies. In addition to its medical products business, NationsHealth also provides education, marketing, enrollment and customer service to insurance plans, with a focus on Medicare Part D plans. NationsHealth has an agreement with CIGNA to service its Medicare Part D prescription drug plans nationally. For more information please visit http://www.nationshealth.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements about NationsHealth, including statements regarding enrollment and market opportunities for Medicare Part D services, which should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. In addition, other written or oral statements that constitute forward-looking statements may be made by us or on our behalf. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases may be identified by the words �anticipate,� �project,� �expect,� �plan,� �intend,� �may,� �should,� �will,� and similar words or phrases. Such forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations of NationsHealth�s management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: our ability to maintain our existing customer base; our customers� desire to take advantage of our Part D and specialty pharmacy services; uncertainty in our costs incurred in administering the Part D program; changes in Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, Champus and any other state or national-based reimbursement program; changing interpretations of generally accepted accounting principles; outcomes of government reviews of NationsHealth�s business practices; inquiries and investigations and related litigation; continued compliance with government regulations; legislation or regulatory requirements or changes adversely affecting the businesses in which NationsHealth is engaged; fluctuations in customer demand; management of rapid growth; our ability to compete effectively; timing and market acceptance of new products sold by NationsHealth; general economic conditions; and geopolitical events, regulatory changes and other risks and uncertainties described in NationsHealth�s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and NationsHealth�s other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information set forth herein should be read in light of such risks. NationsHealth cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein. These statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by applicable law, NationsHealth assumes no obligation to update the information contained herein. NationsHealth, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHRX; NHRXW; NHRXU) today announced an agreement to provide member education and enrollment services to Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) in support of their nationwide Medicare Part D prescription drug plans for 2007. Health Net currently serves over 290,000 Part D members and will offer expanded Medicare PDP stand-alone coverage in all 50 states beginning in January 2007, up from 10 states in 2006. NationsHealth specializes in one-to-one communication with Medicare beneficiaries and will provide education, enrollment and outreach campaigns in support of Health Net's multi-channel distribution model to potential Health Net PDP members in forty-one states plus the District of Columbia. "Adding another national plan sponsor like Health Net allows us to leverage aspects of our proprietary infrastructure, including over 150 licensed insurance agents and extensive PDP expertise," said Dr. Glenn M. Parker, NationsHealth Chief Executive Officer. "While highly customized for Health Net, this service offering is complimentary to our existing business line." Health Net is the second national Medicare PDP for which NationsHealth will provide services during the 2007 plan year. NationsHealth has an existing agreement with CIGNA Corp. to provide education, enrollment and customer service for its Medicare Part D prescription drug plans nationally through 2009. About NationsHealth, Inc. NationsHealth improves the delivery of healthcare to Medicare and managed care beneficiaries by providing medical products and prescription related services. NationsHealth provides home delivery of diabetes, ostomy and pharmacy products to approximately 102,000 patients across the nation. NationsHealth is also the provider of diabetes supplies to over 13,000 Medicare beneficiaries at over 1,100 Kmart pharmacies. In addition to its medical products business, NationsHealth also provides education, marketing, enrollment and customer service to insurance plans, with a focus on Medicare Part D plans. NationsHealth has an agreement with CIGNA to service its Medicare Part D prescription drug plans nationally. For more information please visit http://www.nationshealth.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements about NationsHealth, including statements regarding enrollment and market opportunities for Medicare Part D services, which should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. In addition, other written or oral statements that constitute forward-looking statements may be made by us or on our behalf. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases may be identified by the words "anticipate," "project," "expect," "plan," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and similar words or phrases. Such forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations of NationsHealth's management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: our ability to maintain our existing customer base; our customers' desire to take advantage of our Part D and specialty pharmacy services; uncertainty in our costs incurred in administering the Part D program; changes in Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, Champus and any other state or national-based reimbursement program; changing interpretations of generally accepted accounting principles; outcomes of government reviews of NationsHealth's business practices; inquiries and investigations and related litigation; continued compliance with government regulations; legislation or regulatory requirements or changes adversely affecting the businesses in which NationsHealth is engaged; fluctuations in customer demand; management of rapid growth; our ability to compete effectively; timing and market acceptance of new products sold by NationsHealth; general economic conditions; and geopolitical events, regulatory changes and other risks and uncertainties described in NationsHealth's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and NationsHealth's other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information set forth herein should be read in light of such risks. NationsHealth cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein. These statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by applicable law, NationsHealth assumes no obligation to update the information contained herein.