Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
BLOEM JAMES H
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HUMANA INC [HUM] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
HUMANA INC., 500 WEST MAIN STREET		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/28/2006
(Street)

LOUISVILLE, KY 40202		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Humana Common 08/28/2006   M   29,201 A $ 9.26 151,028 D  
Humana Common 08/28/2006   M   8,333 A $ 9.7 159,361 D  
Humana Common 08/28/2006   M   12,305 A $ 12.995 171,666 D  
Humana Common 08/28/2006   F   8,377 D $ 61.015 163,289 D  
Humana Common 08/28/2006   S   40,000 D $ 0 (1) 123,289 D  
Humana Common 08/28/2006   F   18,519 D $ 61.125 104,770 D  
Humana Common               1,596 I See Footnote (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options (2) $ 9.7 08/28/2006   M     8,333   (4) 07/12/2011 Humana Common 8,333 $ 9.7 0 D  
Options (2) $ 32.7               (9) 02/24/2012 Humana Common 80,000   80,000 D  
Options (2) $ 12.995 08/28/2006   M     12,305   (5) 03/13/2012 Humana Common 12,305 $ 12.995 0 D  
Options (2) $ 9.26 08/28/2006   M     29,201   (6) 03/13/2013 Humana Common 29,201 $ 9.26 0 D  
Options (7) $ 21.275               (8) 02/24/2014 Humana Common 70,000   70,000 D  
Options (7) $ 53.96               (10) 02/23/2013 Humana Common 58,245   58,245 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BLOEM JAMES H
HUMANA INC.
500 WEST MAIN STREET
LOUISVILLE, KY 40202		       Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer  

Signatures

 James H. Bloem   08/28/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Reporting person sold shares at prices between $61.00 and $61.32.
(2) Right to buy pursuant to the Company's 1996 Stock Incentive Plan for Employees.
(3) Shares held for reporting person's benefit as of July 31, 2006 under the Humana Retirement & Savings Plan including a routine disposition of shares to fund an administrative fee assessment under a Tax-Conditioned Plan, both exempt under Rule 16b-3(c).
(4) Non-qualified stock options granted to reporting person on 7/12/01 with the remaining unexercised options vesting on 7/12/04.
(5) Stock options granted to reporting person on 3/13/02 with the remaining unexercised options vesting as follows: 10,000 non-qualified stock options on 3/13/04 and 2,305 on 3/13/05, and 7,695 incentive stock options on 3/13/05.
(6) Stock options granted to reporting person on 3/13/03 to vest as follows: 59,201 non-qualified stock options to vest in three increments - 23,334 on 3/13/04, 23,333 on 3/13/05 and 12,534 on 3/13/06, respectively, and 10,799 incentive stock options on 3/13/06.
(7) Right to buy pursuant to the Company's 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.
(8) Incentive and Non-Qualified stock options granted to reporting person on 2/24/04, NQ options vesting in three increments from 2/24/05 to 2/24/07, and ISO's vesting on 2/24/07.
(9) Incentive and Non-Qualified stock options granted to reporting person on 2/24/05, NQ options vesting in three increments from 2/24/06 to 2/24/08, and ISO's vesting on 2/24/08.
(10) Incentive and Non-Qualified stock options granted to reporting person on 2/23/06, NQ options vesting in three increments from 2/23/07 to 2/23/09, and ISO's vesting on 2/23/09.

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