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Press Release Source: National Health Partners, Inc. NATIONAL HEALTH PARTNERS
HORSHAM, Pennsylvania – August 9, 2006 – National Health Partners, Inc. (OTCBB: NHPR), a leading national healthcare savings organization that provides unique discount healthcare membership programs to uninsured and underinsured people through a national healthcare savings network called “CARExpress,” announced today that it has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Irwin Naturals, a leading formulator and supplier of high-quality natural health, herbal and nutritional supplement products for consumers that are sold in over 50 countries worldwide through specialty natural health, nutrition and retail stores like GNC and Vitamin Shoppe. This is the first time National Health Partners has attempted to co-market its CARExpressTM Network to the burgeoning $40 billion nutritional supplement market according to a report from Tufts University. National Health Partners’ members pay up to $39.95 per month for access to the premium services of the CARExpressTM Network, which is comprised of over one million physicians, hospitals and other leading healthcare providers that belong to such PPOs as CareMark and Cigna. The Company’s primary target customer group is the 46 million Americans who have no health insurance of any kind. The Company’s secondary target customer group includes the approximately 61 million Americans who lack complete health insurance coverage. Irwin Naturals will co-market the CARExpressTM Network programs through a combination of direct marketing and up-sell marketing to its extensive customer base, who place a great deal of value upon health products and value solutions. This represents a true value proposition along with one of the most respected supplemental health brands in the market today. The agreement with Irwin Naturals follows closely National Health Partners’ recent announcement of the agreement it signed with Trident Marketing International through which Trident expects to generate up to 5,000 new CARExpressTM Network members per month. “Developing the most effective marketing collaborations takes creative thinking and the right partners,” stated David M. Daniels, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Health Partners. “I am very pleased that this opportunity has materialized for National Health Partners. Irwin Naturals is one of the largest and most prestigious providers of health supplements in the United States. Natural Health Partners will continue to seek out the most creative and complementary marketing combinations that build on the company’s core strengths and increase membership revenues.” "We are very pleased to be working with National Health Partners to introduce their CARExpress products to our customers,” stated Klee Irwin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Irwin Naturals. “We see CARExpress as an important long-term opportunity and with our strong base of customers, we believe that we will see significant sales growth with CARExpress in our product mix.” Irwin Naturals Irwin Naturals is a leading formulator and supplier of high quality natural health, herbal and nutritional supplement products for consumers that are sold in over 50 countries worldwide through specialty natural health, nutrition and retail stores like GNC and Vitamin Shoppe. For more information on Irwin Naturals, please visit its website at www.irwinnaturals.com. National Health Partners, Inc. National Health Partners, Inc. [OTCBB: NHPR] is a national healthcare savings organization that provides discount healthcare membership programs to uninsured and underinsured people through a national healthcare savings network called “CARExpress.” CARExpressTM Network is one of the largest networks of hospitals, doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare providers in the country and is comprised of over 1,000,000 medical professionals that have agreed to render their services and products to the CARExpressTM members at discounted prices. The company is headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania. For more information on the company, please visit its website at www.nationalhealthpartners.com. Safe Harbor Provision This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained herein, including, without limitation, statements regarding the company’s future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected revenues and costs, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” or “believes” or the negative thereof or any variation thereon or similar terminology or expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from results proposed in such statements. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company’s expectations include, but are not limited to, its ability to fund future growth and implement its business strategy, its ability to develop and expand the market for its CARExpress membership programs, demand for and acceptance of its CARExpress membership programs, its dependence on a limited number of preferred provider organizations and other provider networks for healthcare providers, as well as those factors set forth in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other filings and submissions with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as required by law, the company assumes no obligation to update or revise any of the information contained in this press release. Contact: __________________________ |
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