UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

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1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) Humana Inc.

(b) IRS IDENT. NO. 61-0647538

1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE 500 West Main Street Louisville KY 40202

(e) TELEPHONE

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NUMBER 580-1000

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD Bonita C. Hathcock

(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER Senior Vice President - Chief Human Resources Officer

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number

3 (a) Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold

(b) Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities Are To Be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities

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(d) Aggregate Market Value (See Instr. 3(d)

(e) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See Instr. 3(e))

(f) Approximate Date of Sale (See Instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)

(g) Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3 g))

Broker-Dealer File Number

Common

Goldman Sachs & Co. 3414 Peachtree Rd. Ste 600 Atlanta, GA 30326

7620,~~264~~713

$61,~~597~~649,~~980~~578 based on FMV on 312/612/12 of $8668.~~5150~~0800

~~163~~158,~~912~~223,~~075~~755 as of 209/2730/12

~~March~~December 713, 2012

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INSTRUCTIONS: 1. (a) Name of Issuer (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any (d) Issuer's address, including zip code (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code

3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold (b) Name and Address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount) (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold (b) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing) (c) Such person's address, including zip code

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SEC 1147 (08-07)

TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor.
Title of the Class	Date you Acquired		Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of the Person from Whom Acquired (if gift, also give date donor acquired	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
Common	5/7/12		Stock Option Exercise	Issuer	76,264	5/7/12	Cash
Common Common Common Common Common Common Common Common Common Common	09/15/2006 05/04/2007 03/26/2008 03/26/2008 03/26/2008 02/03/2010 04/07/2011 05/19/2011 03/09/2012 03/09/2012		Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise Stock Option Exercise	Issuer Issuer Issuer Issuer Issuer Issuer Issuer Issuer Issuer Issuer	6497 2080 1344 32 5300 3130 430 358 295 1247	09/15/2006 05/04/2007 03/26/2008 03/26/2008 03/26/2008 02/03/2010 04/07/2011 05/19/2011 03/09/2012 03/09/2012	Swap Swap Swap Swap Swap Swap Swap Swap Cash Cash
INSTRUCTIONS:		If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
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TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS (1) Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Name and Address of Seller	Title of Securities Sold	Date of Sale	Amount of Securities Sold	Gross Proceeds
None
REMARKS:

INSTRUCTIONS:

ATTENTION:

See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If each person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

~~March~~December 713, 2012 DATE OF NOTICE /s/ Bonita C. Hathcock (SIGNATURE) DATE OF PLAN OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1

This notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC 1147 (02-08)

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