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Press Release Source: National Health Partners, Inc. NATIONAL HEALTH PARTNERS Thursday, June 8, 7:30 am ET HORSHAM, Pennsylvania – (BUSINESS WIRE) – June 8, 2006 – National Health Partners, Inc. (OTCBB: NHPR - News), a leading provider of unique discount healthcare membership programs, announced today that it will be rolling out the first stage of its CARExpress MasterCard program during the week of June 12th. “I am extremely pleased to announce that we have entered into an agreement for the immediate national rollout of a prepaid debit card program to our CARExpress members,” stated David M. Daniels, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Health Partners. “Beginning the week of June 12th, CARExpress members who do not have a debit card, credit card or checking account will be able to obtain their very own prepaid debit card. They will be able to use their prepaid debit card for purchases, withdrawals, card-to-card money transfers and a variety of other functions.” The announcement of the company’s upcoming launch of its CARExpress MasterCard program follows closely on the heels of the company’s launch of its Hispanic advertising campaign featuring international superstar entertainer Lucia Mendez on June 1st. “The timing of the rollout of our MasterCard program could not be better,” stated Mr. Daniels. “We have made an extraordinary commitment to our Hispanic advertising campaign. By offering our MasterCard program to the public, we will be able to leverage off of this campaign. Although we began our Hispanic advertising campaign just a few days ago, we are already seeing strong daily sales growth and are receiving a large number of money orders from new members. This tells us that this program will be ideal for many of our new members. In addition, since many of the people who are uninsured or underinsured do not have a debit card, credit card or checking account, our ability to offer a prepaid debit card will significantly increase the number of people who will join CARExpress. Our MasterCard program fits perfectly within our dynamic business model because it provides us with a brand new recurring monthly revenue stream consisting of a portion of the transaction and maintenance fees generated by their use of the cards. Everyone will be eligible for our prepaid debit card program – no social security number or credit approval will be necessary.” “We are rolling out the CARExpress MasterCard program in two stages,” added Alex Soufflas, the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. “The first stage will involve the immediate availability of a prepaid debit card during the week of June 12th. The second stage will involve the rollout of our own private label prepaid debit card containing our CARExpress logo during the third quarter of 2006. The addition of our CARExpress logo to the prepaid debit cards will provide continued exposure of CARExpress to our members, which will help accelerate member recognition and loyalty.” National Health Partners, Inc. National Health Partners, Inc. 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.” CARExpress 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 CARExpress 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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