Health Net Federal Services and MHN Sponsor the 23rd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic

Business Wire, March 27, 2009

Veterans with Disabilities Find Inspiration on the Slopes of Snowmass Village, Colorado

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Health Net Federal Services, LLC (Health Net), the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) and MHN, its behavioral health subsidiary, are honored to serve as corporate sponsors of the 23rd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colo., March 29 – April 3, 2009. Health Net is proud to participate as a host sponsor of the Winter Sports Clinic for the fourth time as a part of its ongoing commitment to serving veterans and supporting programs that improve their quality of life.

“Health Net and MHN salute the determination, courage and success of veterans with disabilities participating in the 23rd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic,” said Steve Tough, president, Health Net Federal Services. “We are dedicated to helping veterans achieve a fit and healthy life, and we honor their service to our country.”

“Injured veterans and their family members face unique challenges,” said MHN president Juanell Hefner. “In addition to the physical and mental challenges of a disabling injury, they’re often struggling with the difficulties of post-traumatic stress and reintegration into civilian life. We understand what these families are going through, and we’re honored to do our part to help them be well.”

MHN will provide mental health professionals from the Military & Family Life Consultant Program (MFLC) to offer free on-site counseling services for participating veterans and their families. Additionally, counselors will hold a forum to discuss the stressors within a marriage when caring for a wounded warrior. These same counseling services were very well received among the disabled veterans and families who attended last year’s Winter Sports Clinic.

The clinic is open to U.S. military veterans with traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries or disease, orthopedic amputations, visual impairments, certain neurological conditions, and other disabilities, who receive care at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility or military treatment facility.

More than 400 athletes are expected to participate in the events. For veterans recently injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), the Clinic offers their first experiences in winter sports and provides inspiration for continued self-development. The Winter Sports Clinic’s activities instill not only confidence and hope, but also demonstrate that having a visual or physical disability need not be an obstacle to an active, rewarding life.

For more information on the 23rd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, please visit http://www1.va.gov/vetevent/wsc/2009/default.cfm.

About Health Net’s VA Programs

Health Net is proud to partner with the VA to provide high quality, cost-effective health care programs serving veterans nationwide. Health Net has proudly supported VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics for more than 12 years, and continuously strives for outstanding patient access, quality health care and patient satisfaction.

Health Net also provides claims repricing services as a subcontractor for its Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business partners for five regional contracts across the U.S., and provides Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) hospital claims validations for VA’s National DRG Recovery Audit Program. For more information on Health Net’s VA Programs, visit our Web site at www.healthnetfederalservices.com/va.

About Health Net

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., has a long history of providing cost-effective, quality managed health care programs for government agencies including the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. As the managed care support contractor for the TRICARE North Region, Health Net Federal Services provides health care services to over 3 million uniformed services beneficiaries, active and retired, and their families.

Health Net, Inc. is among the nation’s largest publicly traded managed health care companies. Its mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The company’s health plans and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.7 million individuals across the country through group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE and Veterans Affairs programs. Health Net’s behavioral health subsidiary, MHN, provides mental health benefits to approximately 6.9 million individuals in all 50 states. The company’s subsidiaries also offer managed health care products related to prescription drugs, and offer managed health care product coordination for multi-region employers and administrative services for medical groups and self-funded benefits programs.