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National Health Partners Announces Commitment By Trident Marketing to Generate 5,000 New Members Per Month; Company Sees 40% Monthly Membership Growth for Second Half of 2006

Posted on: Monday, 7 August 2006, 03:00 CDT

National Health Partners, Inc. (OTCBB: NHPR - News), a leading provider of unique discount healthcare membership programs, announced today that it expects to generate up to 5,000 new members per month for its flagship CARExpress(tm) discount healthcare membership program through its affiliation with Trident Marketing International. Additionally, National Health Partners, www.nationalhealthpartners.com, is now forecasting monthly membership growth increasing to 10,000 by year-end and the Company expects to begin generating positive cash flow during the 4th quarter of 2006.

David M. Daniels, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Health Partners, "We are very excited to see the growth of our business gaining traction. With this new commitment from Trident, as well as other opportunities that we are in the final stages of closing that will be forthcoming, we are poised to increase the growth rate of our membership base by 40% month over month for the remainder of 2006. We also expect to continue to build on our monthly sales and reach a level of 10,000 by year-end. Furthermore, we expect to begin generating positive cash flow in the 4th quarter."

Mr. Daniels goes on to say, "We engaged Trident Marketing International with the belief that they have the ability to reach our market successfully. Trident recently implemented a new CARExpress marketing campaign through which it is investing a significant amount of additional resources and manpower to CARExpress. The initial stage of this campaign is already resulting in substantially increased sales of CARExpress. At this time last year, we had a total of only 400 members from all of our business partners. Over the past two months, sales by Trident alone have increased from 600 in May to over 1600 in July, an increase of almost 170%, and their member retention rates continue to improve."

"From the beginning, we recognized the incredible opportunity of working with National Health Partners," stated David Reilly, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Trident Marketing International. "As a result of the overwhelming positive feedback that we have received from our customers, we recently began devoting a significant amount of additional resources and sales personnel towards our CARExpress marketing campaign. Based upon the results that we are currently generating for CARExpress and our internal member projections for the rest of 2006, I believe that we will soon be generating 5,000 new CARExpress members per month and that we will generate a total of 25,000 new CARExpress members during the second half of 2006."

Alex Soufflas, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of National Health Partners, added, "As impressed as we are with the number of new CARExpress members Trident is generating, we are equally impressed with the higher member retention rates that we are experiencing from Trident sales. Each new member represents a recurring monthly revenue stream for the Company. Higher retention rates mean higher continuous monthly revenues. Our revenues will continue to grow exponentially as we add new members each month and retain current members."

Mr. Reilly concluded, "We look forward to continuing to expand our relationship with CARExpress in the future so as to take advantage of the enormous market opportunity that exists for discounted healthcare. CARExpress is one of the largest and most prestigious national healthcare savings networks in the country. We are committed to supporting CARExpress as it works towards assisting all of the nation's uninsured and underinsured people in obtaining the healthcare they need."

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.

National Health Partners' members pay up to $39.95 per month for access to CARExpress(tm) network providers. CARExpress(tm) is comprised of over one million physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers. The Company's primary target customer group is the 46 million Americans who have no health insurance of any kind. This group includes self-employed individuals and part-time or temporary employees, and people who have been turned down for insurance because of age, occupation, medical history, lifestyle or other reasons. The Company's secondary target customer group includes the approximately 61 million Americans who lack complete health insurance coverage.

The company is headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania. For more information on the company, please visit its website at www.nationalhealthpartners.com.

Trident Marketing International, Inc.

Trident Marketing International, Inc. is a leading provider of outsourced communication solutions, specializing in customer acquisition, customer care and retention, and interactive voice response services. The company offers an integrated and comprehensive suite of customer-focused contact solutions designed to help companies increase revenue, improve call resolution, lower costs and create unparalleled customer satisfaction. It provides these solutions to its clients through a unique blend of highly-trained and experienced agents and robust automated solutions. The company is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

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.

Source: Business Wire

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