Humana (HUM) 10-Q 2004 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 12

Humana Inc.

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

	For the six months ended June 30,			For the twelve months ended December 31,
	2004			2003			2002			2001			2000			1999
	(Dollars in thousands)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	225,126		$	344,716		$	209,934		$	183,080		$	113,990		$	(404,839	)
Fixed charges		23,763			40,972			44,349			52,010			52,843			53,592
Total earnings (loss)	$	248,889		$	385,688		$	254,283		$	235,090		$	166,833		$	(351,247	)
Interest charged to expense	$	10,044		$	17,367		$	17,252		$	25,302		$	28,615		$	33,393
One-third of rent expense		13,719			23,605			27,097			26,708			24,228			20,199
Total fixed charges	$	23,763		$	40,972		$	44,349		$	52,010		$	52,843		$	53,592
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1)(2)		10.5	x		9.4	x		5.7	x		4.5	x		3.2	x		(3	)

Notes

(1) For the purposes of determining the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of income or loss before income taxes and fixed charges. Fixed charges include gross interest expense, amortization of deferred financing expenses and an amount equivalent to interest included in rental charges. One-third of rental expense represents a reasonable approximation of the interest amount.

(2) There are no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

(3) Due to a loss in 1999, caused primarily by pretax charges of $584.8 million, the ratio coverage was less than 1.0x. Additional pretax earnings of $404.8 million would be needed to achieve a coverage of 1.0x.